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Right intraventricular hydatid cyst of the heart
Rasheed A Saad1, Khalid M A Amer, Marcello Migliore
1Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Hospital of Wales, Heath Park, Cardiff CF14 4XW, Wales, UK.
Asian Cardiovascular & Thoracic Annals
|July 25, 2003
Abstract:
A 32-year-old woman presented with shortness of breath and palpitations. Echocardiography and contrast-enhanced computed tomography showed a 4 x 5 cm cyst in the apex of the right ventricle. The cyst was excised on cardiopulmonary bypass. The patient made an uneventful recovery. At the one-year follow-up, she was symptom-free and without recurrence. Different clinical aspects of cardiac hydatid cyst and its surgical management are reviewed.