Hydatid disease presenting as cardiac tamponade - A case history

Demirtas M., Usal A., San M., Birand A.

ANGIOLOGY, vol.47, no.6, pp.601-607, 1996 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 47 Issue: 6
  • Publication Date: 1996
  • Doi Number: 10.1177/000331979604700609
  • Journal Name: ANGIOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.601-607
  • Çukurova University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Although hydatid disease has been reported in almost all human tissues, cardiac involvement is uncommon. The authors report a case of cardiac hydatid disease presenting with cardiac tamponade. The diagnostic value of transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography, computed tomography, and angiography in hydatid heart disease is also discussed.