Cardiovascular complications in malaria : a review

Malaria, one of the major global public health events, is a leading cause of mortality and morbidity among children and adults in tropical and subtropical regions(mainly in sub-Saharan Africa), threatening human health. It is well known that malaria can cause various complications including anemia, blackwater fever, cerebral malaria, and kidney damage. Conventionally, cardiac involvement has not been listed as a common reason affecting morbidity and mortality of malaria, which may be related to ignored cases or insufficient diagnosis. However, the serious clinical consequences such as acute coronary syndrome, heart failure, and malignant arrhythmia caused by malaria have aroused great concern. At present, antimalarials are commonly used for treating malaria in clinical practice. However, inappropriate medication can increase the risk of cardiovascular diseases and cause severe consequences. This review summarized the research advances in the cardiovascular complications including acute myocardial infarction, arrhythmia, hypertension, heart failure, and myocarditis in malaria. The possible mechanisms of cardiovascular diseases caused by malaria were systematically expounded from the hypotheses of cell adhesion, inflammation and cytokines, myocardial apoptosis induced by plasmodium toxin, cardiac injury secondary to acute renal failure, and thrombosis. Furthermore, the effects of quinolines, nucleoprotein synthesis inhibitors, and artemisinin and its derivatives on cardiac structure and function were summarized. Compared with the cardiac toxicity of quinolines in antimalarial therapy, the adverse effects of artemisinin-derived drugs on heart have not been reported in clinical studies. More importantly, the artemisinin-derived drugs demonstrate favorable application prospects in the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular diseases, and are expected to play a role in the treatment of malaria patients with cardiovascular diseases. This review provides reference for the prevention and treatment of malaria-related cardiovascular complications as well as the safe application of antimalarials.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:48

Enthalten in:

Zhongguo Zhong yao za zhi = Zhongguo zhongyao zazhi = China journal of Chinese materia medica - 48(2023), 18 vom: 06. Sept., Seite 4902-4907

Sprache:

Chinesisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Li, Yu [VerfasserIn]
Zheng, Zhong-Yuan [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Yu [VerfasserIn]
Qu, Shui-Qing [VerfasserIn]
Deng, Shuo-Qiu [VerfasserIn]
Dai, Yue [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Cheng-Cheng [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Tuo [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Li-Na [VerfasserIn]
Li, Yu-Jie [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

9RMU91N5K2
Antimalarials
Artemisinin
Artemisinins
Cardiovascular disease
Complication
English Abstract
Journal Article
Malaria
Quinolines
Review

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Date Completed 09.10.2023

Date Revised 18.10.2023

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.19540/j.cnki.cjcmm.20230510.707

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM362964394