title: Isolated invasive endomyocardial cystic echinococcosis presenting with heart failure.
abstract: Cardiac cystic echinococcosis is a rarely encountered parasitic infestation caused by Echinococcus granulasus larvae. Cystic echinococcosis hydatid composes 0.5-2% of all human cystic echinococcosis cases. Isolated cardiac involvement is very rare. Cardiac cystic echinococcosis hydatid generally accompanies another organ involvement, however, it might be isolated as in the present case and although rare and it can cause heart failure. We present a case of isolated apical cardiac cystic echinococcosis hydatid which leads to heart failure.
authors: Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine, Gaziantep University, 27310 Gaziantep, Turkey.
authors: Suleyman
authors: S
authors: Ercan
authors: Vuslat
authors: V
authors: Bosnak
authors: Murat
authors: M
authors: Yuce
authors: Vedat
authors: V
authors: Davutoglu
authors: Fethi
authors: F
authors: Yavuz