title: Role of transesophageal echocardiography in diagnosis and management of cardiac hydatid cyst: report of three cases and review of the literature.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Cardiology, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Dursun
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Atilgan
authors.forename: Hasan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kudat
authors.forename: Tufan
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tükek
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ozcan
authors.forename: Okan B
authors.initials: OB
authors.lastname: Yildirim
authors.forename: Turkan Tansel
authors.initials: TT
authors.lastname: Elmaci
authors.forename: Ertan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Onursal
mesh_terms: 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