Active schistosomiasis, severe hypereosinophilia and rapid progression of chronic endomyocardial fibrosis

Endomyocardial fibrosis (EMF) is a neglected restrictive cardiomyopathy of unknown aetiology and unclear natural history, which causes premature deaths in endemic areas. We present the case of a 13-year-old boy from a highly endemic area, presenting with concurrent signs of chronic EMF and severe hy...

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Autores principales: Mocumbi, AO, Damasceno, A, Carrilho, C, Goncalves, C
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Clinics Cardive Publishing 2016
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Cardiovascular Topics
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5378935/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27805245
http://dx.doi.org/10.5830/CVJA-2016-030
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author Mocumbi, AO
Damasceno, A
Carrilho, C
Goncalves, C
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Goncalves, C
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description Endomyocardial fibrosis (EMF) is a neglected restrictive cardiomyopathy of unknown aetiology and unclear natural history, which causes premature deaths in endemic areas. We present the case of a 13-year-old boy from a highly endemic area, presenting with concurrent signs of chronic EMF and severe hypereosinophilia associated with active schistosomal cystitis. We discuss the possible role of this parasitic infection in determining the progression of EMF in endemic areas for both conditions.
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spelling pubmed-53789352017-04-21 Active schistosomiasis, severe hypereosinophilia and rapid progression of chronic endomyocardial fibrosis Mocumbi, AO Damasceno, A Carrilho, C Goncalves, C Cardiovasc J Afr Cardiovascular Topics Endomyocardial fibrosis (EMF) is a neglected restrictive cardiomyopathy of unknown aetiology and unclear natural history, which causes premature deaths in endemic areas. We present the case of a 13-year-old boy from a highly endemic area, presenting with concurrent signs of chronic EMF and severe hypereosinophilia associated with active schistosomal cystitis. We discuss the possible role of this parasitic infection in determining the progression of EMF in endemic areas for both conditions. Clinics Cardive Publishing 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC5378935/ /pubmed/27805245 http://dx.doi.org/10.5830/CVJA-2016-030 Text en Copyright © 2015 Clinics Cardive Publishing http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Active schistosomiasis, severe hypereosinophilia and rapid progression of chronic endomyocardial fibrosis
title Active schistosomiasis, severe hypereosinophilia and rapid progression of chronic endomyocardial fibrosis
title_full Active schistosomiasis, severe hypereosinophilia and rapid progression of chronic endomyocardial fibrosis
title_fullStr Active schistosomiasis, severe hypereosinophilia and rapid progression of chronic endomyocardial fibrosis
title_full_unstemmed Active schistosomiasis, severe hypereosinophilia and rapid progression of chronic endomyocardial fibrosis
title_short Active schistosomiasis, severe hypereosinophilia and rapid progression of chronic endomyocardial fibrosis
title_sort active schistosomiasis, severe hypereosinophilia and rapid progression of chronic endomyocardial fibrosis
topic Cardiovascular Topics
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