title: Evaluation of hydatid disease of the heart with magnetic resonance imaging.
abstract: Two patients with cardiac involvement of hydatid disease are presented: one with hydatid cyst of the interventricular septum and pulmonary arteries and the other with multiple pulmonary cysts associated with intracardiac and pericardial cysts. The ability of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to provide a global view of cardiac anatomy in any plane with high contrast between flowing blood and soft tissue ensures it an important role in the diagnosis and preoperative assessment of hydatid disease of the heart.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, CT-MRI Unit, Areteion Hospital, University of Athens, 76 Vas. Sophias Ave., GR-115 28 Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: G K
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: Kotoulas
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Magoufis
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Gouliamos
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Athanassopoulou
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Roussakis
authors.forename: D P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Koulocheri
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kalovidouris
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Vlahos
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology*; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004445:Echinococcosis, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed