Case report of Plasmodium falciparum malaria presenting as wide complex tachycardia
- Author:
Sunil KUMAR
;
Diwan SK
;
Mahajan SN
;
Shilpa BAWANKULE
;
Chetan MAHURE
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Plasmodium falciparum;
Malaria;
Tachycardia;
Palpitation;
Electrocardiogram
- From:Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine
2011;(z2):305-306
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum is a multisystem disorder and may have diversity of clinical presentations. We are presenting a case report of patients of falciparum malaria who presented to us with palpitation and fever. On electrocardiogram he had wide complex tachycardia. This case reiterates the need to think of malaria in any case with symptoms of fever with chills, even with various unusual presentations like palpitation due to wide complex tachycardia, especially in endemic country like India.
