Role of transesophageal echocardiography in diagnosis and management of cardiac hydatid cyst: report of three cases and review of the literature.
Although diagnostic value of transthoracic echocardiography in cardiac echinococcus is well established, the role of transesophageal echocardiography in both the diagnosis and the management of this entity is not well known. We present 3 unusual cases of cardiac hydatid cyst in which transesophageal echocardiography was used. A review of the literature on the subject is also presented.
Atilgan
Dursun
D
Departments of Cardiology, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey.
Kudat
Hasan
H
Tükek
Tufan
T
Ozcan
Mustafa
M
Yildirim
Okan B
OB
Elmaci
Turkan Tansel
TT
Onursal
Ertan
E
D000328:Adult; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000469:parasitology / Q000628:therapy; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged