[Restrictive cardiomyopathy due to myocardial cysticercosis].
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.
Melo
Rodrigo Morel Vieira de
RM
Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, BA. rodimorel@yahoo.com.br
Melo Neto
Almiro Vieira de
AV
Corrêa
Luís Cláudio L
LC
Melo Filho
Almiro Vieira de
AV
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