Endomyocardial involvement in asymptomatic Latin American migrants with eosinophilia related to helminth infection: A pilot study.

Abiu SempereFernando SalvadorLaia MilàGuillem CasasXavier Durà-MirallesElena SulleiroRosa Vila-OlivesPau Bosch-NicolauMaria Luisa AznarJuan Espinosa-PereiroBegoña TreviñoAdrián Sánchez-MontalváNúria Serre-DelcorInés Oliveira-SoutoDiana PouJosé Rodríguez-PalomaresIsrael Molina

Published in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases (2024)

Migrants from Latin America with eosinophilia related to helminthic infections might present incipient echocardiographic alterations suggestive of early diastolic dysfunction, that could be related to eosinophilia-induced changes in the endomyocardium.

Keyphrases

left ventricular
blood pressure
oxidative stress
heart failure
mitral valve
ejection fraction
drug induced
left atrial
atrial fibrillation