Complete heart block caused by cardiac echinococcosis and successfully treated with albendazole

Heart

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 84-85

  Özdemir, Murat ^a   Diker, Erdem ^b,c   Aydogdu, Sinan ^a   Göksel, Siber ^a  

^a TURKIYE YUKSEK IHTISAS HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CASE REPORT; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; HEART BLOCK; HEART DISEASE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031039527     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.77.1.84     Document Type: Article

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