Cardiac manifestations of parasitic infections part 3: pericardial and miscellaneous cardiopulmonary manifestations.
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.
Franco-Paredes
Carlos
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Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA. cfranco@sph.emory.edu
Rouphael
Nadine
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Méndez
José
J
Folch
Erik
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Rodríguez-Morales
Alfonso J
AJ
Santos
José Ignacio
JI
Hurst
J W
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D000562:Amebiasis / Q000150:complications; D000818:Animals; D002598:Chagas Cardiomyopathy / Q000175:diagnosis; D003551:Cysticercosis / Q000150:complications; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000150:complications; D004719:Endomyocardial Fibrosis / Q000469:parasitology; D005368:Filariasis / Q000150:complications; D006321:Heart / Q000469:parasitology*; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000469:parasitology; D008174:Lung Diseases, Parasitic / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000628:therapy; D010272:Parasitic Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology / Q000628:therapy / Q000635:transmission; D010493:Pericarditis / Q000469:parasitology; D010496:Pericardium / Q000469:parasitology*; D011657:Pulmonary Eosinophilia / Q000469:parasitology; D012552:Schistosomiasis / Q000150:complications; D015047:Zoonoses