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Published on: February 16, 2011
Falciparum malaria mimicking acute myocardial infarction
Manish Ruhela1, Gaurav Khandelwal1, Samiksha Gupta1
1Department of Cardiology, AIIMS, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.
Abstract:
Severe malaria is a concerning problem in developing country and is mostly due to Plasmodium Falciparum. Common organs involved are liver, central nervous system, lungs, kidneys, and vasculature. Cardiac involvement is very rare and is mostly underestimated. Cardiac involvement occurs in the form of myocardial dysfunction, arrhythmia, and ventricular systolic dysfunction. This is the rare case of acute pericarditis due to plasmodium falciparum mimicking as inferolateral ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) due to suggestive electrocardiography (ECG) findings.
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