Abstract / Summary
Endomyocardial fibrosis (EMF) is a form of restrictive cardiomyopathy characterized by the presence of fibrotic tissue in the endomyocardium of the ventricles.Even though rare, a high prevalence of this disease is found in the developing world, notably sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, and some parts of South America.Although the origin is not well known, poverty, diet, and infection are known to be implicated in the pathophysiology of the disease.Transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) has been the first-line modality for assessing the disease over the years before the advent of CMR, which has shown higher accuracy than TTE in the diagnosis of EMF.We present a case study of EMF in a 43-year-old man, a Maghreb trader, diagnosed by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging.