Cardiac echinococcosis causing acute dissection of the left ventricular free wall.
Cardiac echinococcosis is a rare condition, and its manifestations are protean depending upon its site of infestation. We report a case of hydatid heart disease presenting like an acute cardiac ischemic episode associated with a rise in serum cardiac enzymes secondary to left ventricular free wall dissection caused by ruptured intramyocardial echinococcal cyst. The resultant complex cardiac anatomy was characterized fully by echocardiographic examination.
Ahmed
Tamzeed
T
Department of Cardiac Sciences, Kinh Fahad National Guard Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Al-Zaibag
Muayed
M
Allan
Andrew
A
Gabriel
Christina
C
Widaa
Hassan
H
Hulaimi
Naji
N
Saileek
Ahmad
A
Pai
Ramdas G
RG
D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000150:complications*; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000150:complications*; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006341:Heart Rupture / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans