Description of the disease * EnglishPolish Pobierz sekcję do PDF Definition Tropical endomyocardial fibrosis is a restrictive cardiopathy, occuring almost exclusively in children and young adults in tropical and subtropical regions, characterized by endocardial fibrosis, affecting the apices and the inflow tract of the right or left ventricle (or both) and manifesting with a restrictive cardimyopathy and atrioventricular regurgitation leading to severe pulmonary hypertension, very high systemic venous pressure and congestive cardiac failure. Suspected etiologies include helminth and protozoal infestation and malnutrition. Disease data Classification Disease Synonyms Davies disease Choroba Daviesa TEMF TEMF ORPHA code 75565 OMIM code - ICD10 code I42.3 ICD11 code BC43.20 *Soruce Extended description of the disease Pobierz sekcję do PDF No additional description. Orphanet - interntowa baza danych dotyczących rzadkich chorób i sierochych leków. ©INSERM 1999 - Dostępna na stronie www.orphanet.pl