TY - JOUR
T1 - Cardiac echinococcus complicated by ventricular tachycardia
AU - Marcì, Marcello
AU - Ajello, Abele
AU - Finazzo, Francesca
AU - Violante, Francesco
AU - Pizzuto, Andrea
AU - Battaglia, Antonino
AU - Quarti, Andrea
AU - Alfieri, Ottavio
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Cardiac echinococcosis
KW - Two-dimensional echocardiography
KW - Ventricular tachycardia
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U2 - 10.1046/j.1540-8175.2001.00613.x
DO - 10.1046/j.1540-8175.2001.00613.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 11737973
AN - SCOPUS:0035659531
SN - 0742-2822
VL - 18
SP - 613
EP - 615
JO - Echocardiography
JF - Echocardiography
IS - 7
ER -