Hydatid Cyst Of Pericardium And Its Surgical ExcIIn Guided By Trans-Esophageal E chocardiography

Authors

  • M.B. Y Bilal
  • Mohammad Zahid Ullah
  • Waqar Ahmed
  • Tahir Saleem
  • Nasim Riaz
  • Sohail Aziz
  • Mohammad Abdul Azeem
  • Azhar Rashid
  • Muhammad Zameer Rajpute
  • M. R. Kiani

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47144/phj.v30i3-4.174

Keywords:

Hydatid Cyst Of Pericardium

Abstract

Introduction: Cardiac involvement in Echinococcus infestation is rare, ranging from 0.5 to 2% 1,2,3. Left ventricle is most commonly involved but involvement of the right ventricle, left atrium, right atrium and inter atrial septum have also been reported.

Discussion: Cystic Hydatid disease is cause by the small tape worm Taenia echinococcus or Echinococcus granulous whish spends part of its parasitic life cycle in dogs and sheep.

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Bilal MY, Ullah MZ, Ahmed W, Saleem T, Riaz N, Aziz S, Azeem MA, Rashid A, Rajpute MZ, Kiani MR. Hydatid Cyst Of Pericardium And Its Surgical ExcIIn Guided By Trans-Esophageal E chocardiography. Pak Heart J [Internet]. 2012Jul.25 [cited 2024Nov.27];30(3-4). Available from: https://pakheartjournal.com/index.php/pk/article/view/174

Issue

Vol. 30 No. 3-4 (1997): Pakistan Heart Journal

Section

Case Reports

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