Cardiac manifestations of parasitic infections. Part 2: Parasitic myocardial disease

Carlos Franco-Paredes; Nadine Rouphael; José Méndez; Erik Folch; Alfonso J Rodríguez-Morales; José Ignacio Santos; J W Hurst

doi:10.1002/clc.20091

Cardiac manifestations of parasitic infections. Part 2: Parasitic myocardial disease

Clin Cardiol. 2007 May;30(5):218-22. doi: 10.1002/clc.20091.

Authors

Carlos Franco-Paredes¹, Nadine Rouphael, José Méndez, Erik Folch, Alfonso J Rodríguez-Morales, José Ignacio Santos, J W Hurst

Affiliation

¹ Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, USA. cfranco@sph.emory.edu

Abstract

This is part two of a three‐part series discussing parasites of the heart. In this section, we present an overview on parasitic diseases predominantly involving the myocardium. Copyright © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Cardiomyopathies / parasitology*
Cardiomyopathies / therapy
Chagas Cardiomyopathy / therapy
Humans
Protozoan Infections* / therapy
Toxoplasmosis / therapy
Trichinellosis* / therapy
Trypanosomiasis, African / therapy