title: [Restrictive cardiomyopathy due to myocardial cysticercosis].
abstract: There is no description of cysticercosis affecting heart function. In the present report, the authors describe the case of a 46-year-old woman with cardiac cysticercosis and heart failure, presenting with echocardiographic findings suggestive of restrictive cardiomyopathy and myocardial microcalcifications suggestive of cardiac infiltration by the disease.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, BA. rodimorel@yahoo.com.br
authors.forename: Rodrigo Morel Vieira de
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Melo
authors.forename: Almiro Vieira de
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Melo Neto
authors.forename: Luís Cláudio L
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Corrêa
authors.forename: Almiro Vieira de
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Melo Filho
mesh_terms: D002313:Cardiomyopathy, Restrictive / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000469:parasitology*; D003551:Cysticercosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D020019:Neurocysticercosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D014463:Ultrasonography