Echinococcosis is a parasitic disease that usually involves lungs and liver. Occasionally, it localizes in the heart (less than 2% of cases). We present a case of an adult patient with cardiac echinococcosis complicated by ventricular tachycardia. The diagnosis, based on transthoracic two-dimensional echocardiography, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and computerized tomography (CT), was confirmed by surgery.
Marci M., Ajello A., Finazzo F., Violante F., Pizzuto A., Battaglia A., et al. (2001). Cardiac echinococcus complicated by ventricular tachycardia. ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, 18(7), 613-615 [10.1046/j.1540-8175.2001.00613.x].
Cardiac echinococcus complicated by ventricular tachycardia
Quarti A.Penultimo
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2001
Abstract
Echinococcosis is a parasitic disease that usually involves lungs and liver. Occasionally, it localizes in the heart (less than 2% of cases). We present a case of an adult patient with cardiac echinococcosis complicated by ventricular tachycardia. The diagnosis, based on transthoracic two-dimensional echocardiography, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and computerized tomography (CT), was confirmed by surgery.File in questo prodotto:
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