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.
Cardiac echinococcus complicated by ventricular tachycardia / Marci M.; Ajello A.; Finazzo F.; Violante F.; Pizzuto A.; Battaglia A.; Quarti A.; Alfieri O.. - In: ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY. - ISSN 0742-2822. - STAMPA. - 18:7(2001), pp. 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.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.