Lack of evidence of myocardial damage in children with plasmodium falciparum severe and complicated malaria from an endemic area for endomyocardial fibrosis

dc.contributor.author	Mocumbi, Ana O.
dc.contributor.author	Salomão, Cristolde
dc.contributor.author	Ulibarri, Rogelio
dc.contributor.author	Ferreira, Maria Beatriz
dc.contributor.author	Yacoub, Magdi H.
dc.date.accessioned	2024-06-13T08:07:01Z
dc.date.available	2024-06-13T08:07:01Z
dc.date.issued	2011
dc.identifier.other	https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19948781/
dc.identifier.uri	http://www.repositorio.uem.mz/handle258/1047
dc.description.abstract	Malaria is among the factors thought to be involved in the pathogenesis of endomyocardial fibrosis(EMF), a restrictive cardiomyopathy of unclear etiology, with no specific therapy, which affectspredominantly children and adolescents. In Africa, regions endemic with EMF are also areas with highprevalence of malaria. We studied 47 consecutive children aged 5- to 15-years old and concluded thatmyocardial damage and dysfunction are rare in severe and complicatedPlasmodium falciparummalariacases in children.	en_US
dc.language.iso	eng	en_US
dc.publisher	Oxford University Press	en_US
dc.rights	openAcess	en_US
dc.subject	Malaria	en_US
dc.subject	Endomyocardial fibrosis	en_US
dc.subject	Myocardial damage	en_US
dc.title	Lack of evidence of myocardial damage in children with plasmodium falciparum severe and complicated malaria from an endemic area for endomyocardial fibrosis	en_US
dc.type	article	en_US
dc.journal	Journal of Tropical Pediatrics	en_US