title: Cardiac manifestations of parasitic infections part 3: pericardial and miscellaneous cardiopulmonary manifestations.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA. cfranco@sph.emory.edu
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Franco-Paredes
authors.forename: Nadine
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Rouphael
authors.forename: José
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Méndez
authors.forename: Erik
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Folch
authors.forename: Alfonso J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Rodríguez-Morales
authors.forename: José Ignacio
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Hurst
mesh_terms: 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