Cardiac manifestations of parasitic infections part 1: Overview and immunopathogenesis

Parasitic infections produce a wide spectrum of cardiac manifestations. They may involve various anatomic structures of the heart and are manifested clinically as myocarditis, cardiomyopathies, pericarditis, or pulmonary hypertension in many resource‐constrained settings. However, many parasitic inf...

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Published in:Clinical cardiology (Mahwah, N.J.) N.J.), 2007-04, Vol.30 (4), p.195-199
Main Authors: Franco‐Paredes, Carlos, Rouphael, Nadine, Méndez, José, Folch, Erik, Rodraíguez‐Morales, Alfonso J., Santos, José Ignacio, Hurst, J. W.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Biological and medical sciences
Cardiology. Vascular system
Cardiomyopathies - immunology
Cardiomyopathies - parasitology
Chagas disease
General aspects
heart
Human immunodeficiency virus
Human protozoal diseases
Humans
Infectious diseases
Medical sciences
myocardium
parasites
Parasitic diseases
Parasitic Diseases - immunology
pericar‐ dium
Protozoal diseases
Special
Trypanosomiasis
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Summary:Parasitic infections produce a wide spectrum of cardiac manifestations. They may involve various anatomic structures of the heart and are manifested clinically as myocarditis, cardiomyopathies, pericarditis, or pulmonary hypertension in many resource‐constrained settings. However, many parasitic infections involving the heart may also be currently diagnosed in developed countries due to growing worldwide travel, blood transfusions, and increasing numbers of immunosuppression states such as organ transplantation, use of immunosuppressive agents, or HIV/AIDS. Clinicians anywhere in the globe need to be aware of the potential cardiac manifestations of parasitic diseases. This is part one of a three‐part series discussing parasites of the heart. In this section, we provide a general overview and immunopathogenesis of parasitic infections of the heart. Copyright © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
ISSN:0160-9289
1932-8737
DOI:10.1002/clc.12