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Abstract
The current study was conducted to evaluate the current situation of the cardiac involvement due to the presence of Toxoplasma gondii infection in patients in Al-Diwaniyah City, Iraq. The present study enrolled randomly 120 patients with Acute coronary syndrome and 60 healthy control to surveillance Toxoplasma infection by monitored the dynamic changes of IgG findings and correlate that with myocarditis at different levels (age, gender, blood profiles of some features, and blood groups). The present results showed 42 (35.0%) of Acute coronary syndrome have active or previous Toxoplasma infection by finding positive results of IgG.
According to the blood profile, the mean levels of random blood sugar (RBS) were 221.46 ± 57.62 mg/dL, 203.73± 58.31 mg/dL, 108.60± 14.9 mg/dL and 93.3± 7.33 mg/dL, in Acute coronary syndrome patients with toxoplasmosis. Also the Mean levels of cholesterol were 227.56 ± 35.52, 202.90± 26.05, 162.06± 17.8 and 185.6 ± 8.1, Acute coronary syndrome patients with toxoplasmosis. Also the Mean levels of Triglyceride were 196.0± 70.31, 182.3± 54.86, 127.33± 19.9 and 126.83± 17.4, Acute coronary syndrome patients with toxoplasmosis.