Evaluation of Cardiac Involvement in Children with Dengue by Serial Echocardiographic Studies.

Infection with dengue virus results in a wide range of clinical manifestations from dengue fever (DF), a self-limited febrile illness, to dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) which is characterized by plasma leakage and bleeding tendency. Although cardiac involvement has been reported in dengue, the incid...

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Main Authors: Tawatchai Kirawittaya, In-Kyu Yoon, Sineewanlaya Wichit, Sharone Green, Francis A Ennis, Robert V Gibbons, Stephen J Thomas, Alan L Rothman, Siripen Kalayanarooj, Anon Srikiatkhachorn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4520477?pdf=render