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. 2007 Jun 5;30(6):277–280. doi: 10.1002/clc.20092

Cardiac Manifestations of Parasitic Infections Part 3: Pericardial and Miscellaneous Cardiopulmonary Manifestations

Carlos Franco‐Paredes 1,4,✉, Nadine Rouphael 1, José Méndez 2, Erik Folch 1,5, Alfonso J Rodríguez‐Morales 3, José Ignacio Santos 4, J W Hurst 2
PMCID: PMC6653132  PMID: 17551959

Abstract

This is part three of a three‐part series discussing parasites of the heart. In this section, we present an overview on parasitic diseases involving predominantly the pericardium and other miscellaneous cardiopulmonary manifestations such as some pulmonary hypertension syndromes and endomyocardial fibrosis. Copyright © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

Keywords: heart, parasites, Chagas disease, peri‐ cardium, myocardium

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