Cardiac echinococcus complicated by ventricular tachycardia.
Echinococcosis is a parasitic disease that usually involves lungs and liver. Occasionally, it localizes in the heart (less than 2% of cases). We present a case of an adult patient with cardiac echinococcosis complicated by ventricular tachycardia. The diagnosis, based on transthoracic two-dimensional echocardiography, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and computerized tomography (CT), was confirmed by surgery.
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Department of Cardiology, Azienda Ospedaliera Villa Sofia & CTO, Palermo, Italy.
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D000328:Adult; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods