title: Myocardial dysfunction in severe falciparum malaria.
abstract: Severe malaria causes multiorgan dysfunction, which is the predominant reason for mortality in these children. Cardiac enzymes have been elevated and cardiac involvement has been suspected in some of these children, however, clear cut echocardiographic evidence for it was not possible. There were isolated reports of myocardial dysfunction in malaria in adults but none in children. We present two such children with cardiac involvement and myocardial dysfunction.
authors.affiliation: Rainbow Children's Hospital & Perinatal Centre, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad 500034, India. drpreethamp@gmail.com
authors.forename: Poddutoor Preetham
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: Chirla Dinesh
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: Farhan A R
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Shaik
authors.forename: Satish Babu
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Ghanta
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000962:Antimalarials / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D002648:Child; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016778:Malaria, Falciparum / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D010963:Plasmodium falciparum / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D011247:Pregnancy; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D017211:Treatment Failure; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000962:Antimalarials