Hydatid disease of the heart: Report of five cases and review of the literature

Calamai, G; Perna, Abayubá; Venturini, A.

doi:10.1136/thx.29.4.451

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“…Hydatid cysts obstructing the coronary arteries have been reported in the literature [13,14]. In our patient, the coronary artery angiogram was normal.…”

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confidence: 46%

Mobile right atrial hydatid cyst with multiorgan involvement

Kanadaşı

Demirtaş

Şan

et al. 2000

Cathet. Cardiovasc. Intervent.

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“…Hydatid cysts obstructing the coronary arteries have been reported in the literature [13,14]. In our patient, the coronary artery angiogram was normal.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 46%

Mobile right atrial hydatid cyst with multiorgan involvement

Kanadaşı

Demirtaş

Şan

et al. 2000

Cathet. Cardiovasc. Intervent.

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“…The frequency of cardiac echinococcosis ranges only between 0%–5% and 2% according to various authors. [ 7 ] The continuous contractile activity of the heart makes it an unsuitable environment for the persistence of the hydatid cyst within it. [ 8 ] Echinococcosis commonly affects the ventricular myocardium and most of the time it is the left ventricle that is affected.…”

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confidence: 99%

A 36-year-old man with breathlessness and anasarca

et al. 2017

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“…IVS cysts (very rare) may present with arrhythmias, conduction blocks or ventricular outflow tract obstruction. Other manifestations include ACS, valvular dysfunction and so on 1 5 6. There are very few case reports of hydatid cyst presenting as an ACS.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…These include ischemic changes (ST depressions and T wave inversions) and conduction disturbances (atrioventricular nodal blocks, bundle branch blocks) as observed in the present case. Other changes include arrhythmias and sudden cardiac arrest 6 9 10. However, none of the above changes is characteristic of hydatid cyst.…”

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Cardiac hydatidosis presenting as an acute coronary syndrome

Sogunuru¹,

Chinta³

et al. 2010

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A 56-year-old man presented as an acute coronary syndrome. A transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) performed to assess left ventricular (LV) function revealed multiple hydatid cysts in the right ventricular cavity compressing the interventricular septum. CT scan for chest and abdomen revealed similar cysts in right-lung apex and left lobe of liver. A polyvisceral involvement in the setting of multiple cardiac cysts suggested cardiac hydatidosis as the most probable diagnosis. CT coronary angiography was normal. A preoperative oral albendazole therapy was initiated. Later the patient underwent elective surgery, 'Evaculation of RV Hydatid Cysts and Obliteration of Cavity with Bovine Pericardium'. His postoperative recovery was good. Regular exercise, chest physiotherapy, a life-long anticoagulation therapy and antibiotic prophylaxis for invasive procedures were recommended. Patient was scheduled for regular follow-up, to check for any recurrences or late complications.

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Hydatid disease of the heart: Report of five cases and review of the literature

Cited by 25 publications

References 15 publications

Mobile right atrial hydatid cyst with multiorgan involvement

Mobile right atrial hydatid cyst with multiorgan involvement

A 36-year-old man with breathlessness and anasarca

Cardiac hydatidosis presenting as an acute coronary syndrome

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