Cardio-pericardial echinococcosis causing myocardial insufficiency, rightsided heart failure and constrictive pericarditis. Report of four cases and review of the literature.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001344:Autopsy; D006332:Cardiomegaly / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002648:Child; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000209:etiology*; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D004445:Echinococcosis, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010494:Pericarditis, Constrictive / Q000209:etiology*; D011859:Radiography