Cardiac manifestations of parasitic infections part 3: pericardial and miscellaneous cardiopulmonary manifestations

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

doi:10.1002/clc.20092

Cardiac manifestations of parasitic infections part 3: pericardial and miscellaneous cardiopulmonary manifestations

Clin Cardiol. 2007 Jun;30(6):277-80. doi: 10.1002/clc.20092.

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 Cardiology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA. cfranco@sph.emory.edu

Abstract

This is part three of a three-part series discussing parasites of the heart. In this section, we present an overview on parasitic diseases involving predominantly the pericardium and other miscellaneous cardiopulmonary manifestations such as some pulmonary hypertension syndromes and endomyocardial fibrosis.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Amebiasis / complications
Animals
Chagas Cardiomyopathy / diagnosis
Cysticercosis / complications
Echinococcosis / complications
Endomyocardial Fibrosis / parasitology
Filariasis / complications
Heart / parasitology*
Heart Diseases / parasitology*
Heart Diseases / therapy
Humans
Hypertension, Pulmonary / parasitology
Lung Diseases, Parasitic / parasitology*
Lung Diseases, Parasitic / therapy
Parasitic Diseases / complications*
Parasitic Diseases / diagnosis
Parasitic Diseases / parasitology
Parasitic Diseases / therapy
Parasitic Diseases / transmission
Pericarditis / parasitology
Pericardium / parasitology*
Pulmonary Eosinophilia / parasitology
Schistosomiasis / complications
Zoonoses