title: Right ventricular hydatid cyst causing recurrent pulmonary emboli.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Hacettepe University, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Paşaoğlu
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Doğan
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hazan
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Oram
authors.forename: A Y
authors.initials: AY
authors.lastname: Bozer
mesh_terms: 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