title: Hydatid disease presenting as cardiac tamponade. A case history.
abstract: Although hydatid disease has been reported in almost all human tissues, cardiac involvement is uncommon. The authors report a case of cardiac hydatid disease presenting with cardiac tamponade. The diagnostic value of transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography, computed tomography, and angiography in hydatid heart disease is also discussed.
authors.affiliation: Cukurova University, Medical School, Department of Cardiology, Balcali Hospital, Adana, Turkiye.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Demirtaş
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Usal
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: San
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Birand
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000209:etiology*; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology*; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D004452:Echocardiography; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011875:Radionuclide Angiography; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed