Open AccessSchistosome infection and its effect on pulmonary circulation
Author(s) -
Ghazwan Butrous
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
global cardiology science and practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2305-7823
DOI - 10.21542/gcsp.2019.5
Subject(s) - pulmonary hypertension , medicine , schistosomiasis , disease , schistosoma , pulmonary disease , pathology , cardiology , immunology , schistosoma mansoni , helminths
Schistosomiasis is the most common parasitic disease associated with pulmonary hypertension. It induces remodelling via complex inflammatory processes, which eventually produce the clinical manifestation of pulmonary hypertension. The pulmonary hypertension shows clinical signs and symptoms that are not distinguishable from other forms of pulmonary arterial hypertension.
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