Severe Plasmodium falciparum Infection Mimicking Acute Myocardial Infarction

Helmi Sulaiman; Muhammad Dzafir Ismail; Maisarah Jalalonmuhali; Nadia Atiya; Sasheela Ponnampalavanar

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Malar J. 2014;13(341) 

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Abstract and Introduction

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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