Huge Intracavitary Cardiac Hyadatid Cyst Presenting with Heart Failure
| Title: | Huge Intracavitary Cardiac Hyadatid Cyst Presenting with Heart Failure |
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| Authors: | Behrooz Mottahedi, Ahmad Sarreshtedar, Majid Ghodsi, Mohammad Mansooripoor, Mahdi Kahrom |
| Source: | Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Medicine, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 577-580 (2020) |
| Publisher Information: | Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, 2020. |
| Publication Year: | 2020 |
| Collection: | LCC:Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system LCC:Diseases of the respiratory system |
| Subject Terms: | cardiac hydatidosis, echinococcosis, hydatid cyst, Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system, RC666-701, Diseases of the respiratory system, RC705-779 |
| More Details: | Although cardiac involvement is an infrequent presentation in human hydatidosis, early diagnosis and prompt surgical intervention of cardiac hydatid cyst are of utmost importance for the prevention of potential complications. We report a young female patient who presented with a huge cardiac hydatid cyst and severe heart failure symptoms undergoing successful surgical cyst removal with late follow-up. |
| Document Type: | article |
| File Description: | electronic resource |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 2345-2447 2322-5750 |
| Relation: | http://jctm.mums.ac.ir/article_15090_5043a35715ee1ef0908490e43e67a01d.pdf; https://doaj.org/toc/2345-2447; https://doaj.org/toc/2322-5750 |
| DOI: | 10.22038/jctm.2020.46147.1259 |
| Access URL: | https://doaj.org/article/c6b080c4035649b5af0a3975706f4b1a |
| Accession Number: | edsdoj.6b080c4035649b5af0a3975706f4b1a |
| Database: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
| ISSN: | 23452447 23225750 |
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| DOI: | 10.22038/jctm.2020.46147.1259 |
| Published in: | Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Medicine |
| Language: | English |