Evaluation of Cardiac Involvement in Children with Dengue by Serial Echocardiographic Studies.

• Main Authors: Tawatchai Kirawittaya (Author), In-Kyu Yoon (Author), Sineewanlaya Wichit (Author), Sharone Green (Author), Francis A Ennis (Author), Robert V Gibbons (Author), Stephen J Thomas (Author), Alan L Rothman (Author), Siripen Kalayanarooj (Author), Anon Srikiatkhachorn (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Infection with dengue virus results in a wide range of clinical manifestations from dengue fever (DF), a self-limited febrile illness, to dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) which is characterized by plasma leakage and bleeding tendency. Although cardiac involvement has been reported in dengue, the incid...