title: Severe Plasmodium falciparum infection mimicking acute myocardial infarction.
abstract: This case report describes a case of presumed acute myocardial infarction in a returned traveler who was later diagnosed to have severe malaria. Emergency coronary angiography was normal and subsequent peripheral blood film was positive for Plasmodium falciparum.
authors.affiliation: Infectious Disease Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. edenhelmi@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Helmi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sulaiman
authors.forename: Muhammad Dzafir
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Ismail
authors.forename: Maisarah
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jalalonmuhali
authors.forename: Nadia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Atiya
authors.forename: Sasheela
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ponnampalavanar
mesh_terms: D001769:Blood / Q000469:parasitology; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D016778:Malaria, Falciparum / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology*; D010963:Plasmodium falciparum / Q000302:isolation & purification*