Bilharzial cor pulmonale explained

Bilharzial cor pulmonale
Field:	cardiology, 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]

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

See also

• Cor pulmonale.

References

1. Bilharzial cor pulmonale: A clinicopathologic report of two cases. 10.1016/0002-8703(53)90179-3. 45. American Heart Journal. 190–200.
2. Pulmonary heart disease due to Bilharzia: The bilharzial cor pulmonale: A clinical study of twenty cases. 10.1016/0002-8703(52)90121-X. 14914715. 43. 4. American Heart Journal. 606–614. 1952. GIRGIS B.
3. http://heart.bmj.com/content/27/3/355.full.pdf Electrocardiograms of right ventricular hypertrophy in Bilharzial cor pulmonale