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Acta Cardiol
; 50(6): 477-81, 1995.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-8932568
RESUMO
Cardiac echinococcosis has not been reported frequently. Because of the risk of potentially lethal complications, early diagnosis and definitive treatment are very important. We report a case of a cardiac echinococcal cyst in the interventricular septum. The cyst that caused angina and showed ischemic changes in electrocardiogram was diagnosed by two-dimensional echocardiography and magnetic resonance imaging and was treated surgically.