Endomyocardial fibrosis

Infiltrative myocardial diseases (e.g., amyloidosis, sarcoidosis, endomyocardial fibrosis)... 

From the results of the variety of studies undertaken, it now appears certain that no one single immunological factor is responsible for the various forms of heart diseases which are seen in populations in subtropical and tropical countries. Thus, in patients with endomyocardial fibrosis (EMF), rheumatic heart disease, or idiopathic cardiomegaly, heart antibodies were present in 42% and thyroid antibodies in 15% serum cryoglobulins were present in 74% of the patients but was more frequent in those patients who had EMF than in any of the other groups (VI). The suggestion was therefore made that patients with EMF were... 

Restrictive myocardial disease may result from several local or systemic disorders. Amyloidosis, hemochromatosis, scleroderma, carcinoid, sarcoidosis, diabetes, pseudoxanthoma elasticum, and endomyocardial fibrosis have been known to cause restrictive cardiomyopathy. The most common cause of restrictive cardiomyopathy in the industrialized world is amyloidosis, whereas endomyocardial fibrosis is a common cause in tropical areas of the world. There may be a genetic predisposition to idiopathic restrictive cardiomyopathy. ... 

---