Malaria and Vascular Endothelium

Involvement of the cardiovascular system in patients with infectious and parasitic diseases can result from both intrinsic mechanisms of the disease and drug intervention. Malaria is an example, considering that the endothelial injury by Plasmodium-infected erythrocytes can cause circulatory disorde...

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Main Authors: Aristóteles Comte de Alencar Filho, Marcus Vinícius Guimarães de Lacerda, Katashi Okoshi, Marina Politi Okoshi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia (SBC) 2014-08-01
Series:Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0066-782X2014002000012&lng=en&tlng=en