Myocardial dysfunction in severe falciparum malaria.
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.
Kumar
Poddutoor Preetham
PP
Rainbow Children's Hospital & Perinatal Centre, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad 500034, India. drpreethamp@gmail.com
Kumar
Chirla Dinesh
CD
Shaik
Farhan A R
FA
Ghanta
Satish Babu
SB
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
D000962:Antimalarials