Live three-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography of left ventricular intramyocardial hydatid cyst | Zendy

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Live three-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography of left ventricular intramyocardial hydatid cyst

Author(s) -

K Selmi,

H. Bergaoui,

Rami Tlili,

Adel Khayati,

Mohamed Rachid Boujnah

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

european heart journal - cardiovascular imaging

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.576

H-Index - 92

eISSN - 2047-2412

pISSN - 2047-2404

DOI - 10.1093/ejechocard/jer168

Subject(s) - sinus rhythm , medicine , pericardium , normal sinus rhythm , hydatid cyst , anatomy , cardiology , cyst , radiology , atrial fibrillation

An 18-year-old male was referred to us for chest discomfort. A physical examination showed normal findings. The chest X-ray was also normal. ECG showed sinus rhythm and ischaemic changes in apico-infero-posterior myocardium. Two-dimensional-TTE (2DTTE) (Supplementary data online, Movie S1 ) showed a single, large oval cyst (39 × 56 × 38 mm). The edge was well defined ( Panel A ), it was intramyocardial and fluid-filled. It was located in the infero-postero-apical segment, protruding into the pericardium but mainly bulging into the left ventricular cavity (Supplementary data online, Movie …

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