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European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access originally published online on September 25, 2008
European Journal of Echocardiography 2009 10(3):459-461; doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jen249
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Published on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. All rights reserved. © The Author 2008. For permissions please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org.

Acute pericardial tamponade due to ruptured multiloculated myocardial hydatid cyst

A. Fazlinezhad1,*, M. Moohebati2, A. Azari3 and L. Bigdeloo4

1 Echocardiography Department, Ghaem Hospital, Mashad University of Medical Sciences, No. 38, PO Box 91375-4836, North Daneshsara Street, Abkooh Ave, Mashad, Iran
2 Cardiology Department, Ghaem Hospital, Mashad University of Medical Sciences, Mashad, Iran
3 Cardiac Surgery Department, Ghaem Hospital, Mashad University of Medical Sciences Mashad, Iran
4 Cardiology Department, Ghaem Hospital, Mashad University of Medical Sciences, Mashad, Iran

Received 15 June 2008; accepted after revision 31 August 2008; online publish-ahead-of-print 25 September 2008.

* Correspondance author. Tel: +98 9153134470; fax: +98 5118414773. E-mail address: fafsoon@hotmail.com

Keywords: Hydatid cyst; Acute tamponade; Cardiac surgery

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   Introduction
 
Hydatidosis is a parasitic infestation caused by Echinococcus granulosus. Although uncommon, cardiac involvement has serious consequences. The incidence, even in countries where it is endemic, is <2%.1–3 The most frequent location of the cyst is the interventricular septum and left ventricular free wall.

Patients with cardiac echinococcosis may remain asymptomatic for many years or have minor non-specific complaints, but it is associated with an increased risk of lethal complications if undiagnosed and untreated.2–4 In this study, we report a patient with a hydatid cyst lying at the apicolateral and apical segment of the left ventricle, . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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