title: Echocardiographic demonstration of rupture of intraseptal hydatid cyst.
abstract: We report a case of an intracardiac hydatid cyst observed before and after rupture complicated by a pulmonary embolus. The echocardiographic findings are analyzed and discussed. This dramatic course underscores the surgical emergency of cardiac hydatidosis.
authors.affiliation: Hôpital Cardiologique du Haut-Lévêque, CHU de Bordeaux, France.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Charet
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Roudaut
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lafitte
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Laffort
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Madonna
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: de Mascarel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006346:Heart Septum; D006801:Humans; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000150:complications*; D012421:Rupture; D014463:Ultrasonography