title: [Electrocardiographic picture of a previous myocardial infarction in a patient with liver echinococcosis cyst].
abstract: We report a case of a 32-year-old man who was hospitalized at the Department of Surgery for hepatic cystic echinococcosis. Standard preoperative electrocardiogram revealed the presence of Q waves in the inferior leads, suggesting the presence of a previous myocardial infarction. Two-dimensional echocardiography showed a hepatic cystic echinococcosis raising the diaphragmatic wall of the left ventricle. The electrocardiogram performed the day after surgery showed disappearance of Q waves in the inferior leads. Thus, it is suggested that the preoperative electrocardiographic picture of a previous myocardial infarction was determined by the mass of the hepatic cystic echinococcosis.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento Cardiovascolare, Azienda Ospedaliera "Cannizzaro", Università degli Studi, Catania. sa.azzarelli@tiscali.it
authors.forename: Salvatore
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Azzarelli
authors.forename: Alfredo R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Galassi
authors.forename: Guido
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Centamore
authors.forename: Vittorio
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Carini
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004444:Echinococcosis, Hepatic / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*