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Hydatid Disease Presenting as Cardiac TamponadeA Case History![]() Çukurova University, Medical School, Department of Cardiology, Balcali Hospital, Adana, Turkiye
Çukurova University, Medical School, Department of Cardiology, Balcali Hospital, Adana, Turkiye
Çukurova University, Medical School, Department of Cardiology, Balcali Hospital, Adana, Turkiye
Çukurova University, Medical School, Department of Cardiology, Balcali Hospital, Adana, Turkiye Although hydatid disease has been reported in almost all human tissues, cardiac involve ment is uncommon. The authors report a case of cardiac hydatid disease presenting with cardiac tamponade. The diagnostic value of transthoracic and transesophageal echocar diography, computed tomography, and angiography in hydatid heart disease is also discussed.
Angiology, Vol. 47, No. 6,
601-607 (1996) |
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