Right ventricular hydatid cyst causing recurrent pulmonary emboli.
A hydatid cyst of the heart is rare. Surgical treatment is the preferable method in the treatment of cardiac echinococcosis. A 27-year-old patient with right ventricular hydatid cyst causing recurrent pulmonary emboli and diagnosed by 2-dimensional echocardiography and treated surgically is presented.
Paşaoğlu
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Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Hacettepe University, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
Doğan
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Hazan
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Oram
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Bozer
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D000328:Adult; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000209:etiology*; D012008:Recurrence