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Tropical diseases of the myocardium: a review
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Groom ZC
; Protopapas AD
; Zochios V
Int J Gen Med
2017[]; 10
(ä): 101-111
PMID28435310
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Cardiovascular diseases are widely distributed throughout the world. Human
parasitic infections are ubiquitous. Tropical parasites are increasingly
recognized as causes of cardiovascular diseases. In this review, we address the
most frequently reported parasites that directly infect the myocardium, including
Trypanosoma cruzi, the protozoal causative agent of American trypanosomiasis
(Chagas disease), and Taenia solium, the cestode causative agent of taeniasis and
cysticercosis. We also discuss tropical endomyocardial fibrosis, trichinellosis
and schistosomiasis. Health systems, attitudes, the perceptions of both patients
and physicians as well as socioeconomic factors should all be explored and
recognized as crucial factors for improving the control of cardiovascular
diseases in the tropics. Clinicians throughout the world must remain aware of
imported parasites as potential causes of cardiac diseases.