[Echinococcosis of the heart].
Basic clinical and special methods of diagnosis of cardiac echinococcosis are described. Among 12 patients with cardiac echinococcosis 5 patients have been operated and 7 patients have been not. Five of seven non-operated patients died during 1 year due to disruption of the cysts. All 5 operated patients survived. It is demonstrated that surgical treatment should be performed with artificial extracorporeal circulation, and postoperative anti-recurrent anti-helminth therapy is mandatory. Medication before surgical procedures is contraindicated because it leads to cysts disruption with high risk of lethal outcome.
Shevchenko
Iu L
IuL
Musaev
G Kh
GKh
Borisov
I A
IA
Popov
L V
LV
Magomedov
A G
AG
Akhmedov
I G
IG
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D004452:Echocardiography; D005112:Extracorporeal Circulation; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012737:Sex Factors; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome