Multimodality imaging in cardiac echinococcosis for diagnosis and follow-up of an untreatable cyst

Int J Cardiol. 2016 Oct 15:221:468-70. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2016.06.317. Epub 2016 Jun 29.

Authors

Patrizia Carità¹, Massimo Verdecchia², Giovanni Ferro¹, Dario Buccheri³, Egle Corrado¹, Salvatore Novo¹, Gianluca Pontone⁴

Affiliations

¹ University Hospital "Paolo Giaccone", Department of Cardiology, Palermo, Italy.
² University G D'Annunzio, Department of Radiology, Chieti, Italy.
³ University Hospital "Paolo Giaccone", Department of Cardiology, Palermo, Italy; Interventional Cardiology, "Paolo Giaccone" Hospital, Palermo, Italy. Electronic address: dariobuccheri@gmail.com.
⁴ Centro Cardiologico Monzino, IRCCS, Milano, Italy.

PMID: 27414724
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2016.06.317

No abstract available

Keywords: Cardiac; Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR); Cyst; Echinococcus; Imaging; Trans-thoracic echocardiogram (TTE).

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Cysts / complications
Cysts / diagnostic imaging*
Echinococcosis / complications
Echinococcosis / diagnostic imaging*
Follow-Up Studies
Heart Diseases / complications
Heart Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
Humans
Multimodal Imaging / trends*