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Cardiac Hydatid Cyst: A Rare but Potentially Life-Threatening Presentation of Hydatid Disease Cover

Cardiac Hydatid Cyst: A Rare but Potentially Life-Threatening Presentation of Hydatid Disease

Open Access
|Mar 2024

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Figure 1

A transesophageal echocardiogram reveals the presence of numerous hydatid cysts entirely filling the left atrium and left ventricle cavity.

Video 1

A transesophageal echocardiogram reveals the presence of numerous hydatid cysts entirely filling the left atrium and left ventricle cavity; see also at https://youtu.be/QBTMjZTEpc8.

Video 2

Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, cine loop. The sagittal section and short-axis view showed multiple hypointense ring-shaped thick-walled hydatid cysts occupying the entire cavity of the left atrium and left ventricle; see also at https://youtu.be/zaIBK_WH57M. LA: left atrium; LV: left ventricle

Figure 2

Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging through static images of a cine loop. (A) The sagittal section features a four-chamber view, while (B) displays a short-axis view. Both images depict multiple hypointense ring-shaped thick-walled hydatid cysts occupying the entire cavity of the left atrium and left ventricle.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14797/mdcvj.1333 | Journal eISSN: 1947-6108
Language: English
Page range: 124 - 127
Submitted on: Dec 30, 2023
Accepted on: Jan 12, 2024
Published on: Mar 14, 2024
Published by: Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2024 Kanhai Lalani, M. Sudhakar Rao, R. Padmakumar, Pankti Parikh, M. V. Ashwini, Ujwal teja Dhulipalla, published by Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center
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