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Cardiac Echinococcus Complicated by Ventricular Tachycardia
Author(s) -
Marcì Marcello,
Ajello Abele,
Finazzo Francesca,
Violante Francesco,
Pizzuto Andrea,
Battaglia Antonino,
Quarti Andrea,
Alfieri Ottavio
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1540-8175
pISSN - 0742-2822
DOI - 10.1046/j.1540-8175.2001.00613.x
Subject(s) - echinococcosis , medicine , magnetic resonance imaging , ventricular tachycardia , cardiology , radiology , tachycardia , echinococcus , pathology
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.