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Severe Plasmodium falciparum infection mimicking acute myocardial infarction

Sulaiman H 1 , Ismail MD , Jalalonmuhali M , Atiya N , Ponnampalavanar S

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  • 1 Infectious Disease Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. edenhelmi@gmail.com
Malar J, 2014;13:341.
PMID: 25176417 DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-13-341

Abstract

This case report describes a case of presumed acute myocardial infarction in a returned traveler who was later diagnosed to have severe malaria. Emergency coronary angiography was normal and subsequent peripheral blood film was positive for Plasmodium falciparum.

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