Three cases of cardiac hydatidosis: Diagnosis, surgical treatment, and complications

International Surgery

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 127-131

  Porcu, Alberto ^a   Dessanti, Antonio ^a   Claudio, Feo ^a,b   Ballore, Luca ^a   Scanu, Antonio M ^a   Fancellu, Alessandro ^a   Padua, Guglielmo ^a   Gherli, Tiziano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiac hydatidosis; Echocardiography; Pericystectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0035323376     PISSN: 00208868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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