Bilharzial cor pulmonale
SpecialtyCardiology, parasitology

Bilharzial cor pulmonale is the condition of right sided heart failure secondary to fibrosis and sclerosis of the pulmonary artery branches. It results from shifting of the Schistosoma haematobium ova from the pelvic and vesical plexus to the pulmonary artery branches where they settle and produce granuloma and fibrosis.[1]

Bilharzial cor pulmonale occurs in Schistosoma mansoni, when the portal pressure rises more than the systemic pressure. So blood will pass from the portal circulation to the systemic circulation carrying Schistosoma mansoni ova to reach the lungs.

This condition leads to pulmonary hypertension, right ventricular hypertrophy and failure.[2][3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Bilharzial cor pulmonale: A clinicopathologic report of two cases". American Heart Journal. 45: 190–200. doi:10.1016/0002-8703(53)90179-3.
  2. ↑ GIRGIS B (1952). "Pulmonary heart disease due to Bilharzia: The bilharzial cor pulmonale: A clinical study of twenty cases". American Heart Journal. 43 (4): 606–614. doi:10.1016/0002-8703(52)90121-X. PMID 14914715.
  3. ↑ Electrocardiograms of right ventricular hypertrophy in Bilharzial cor pulmonale. Retrieved 26 December 2016
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