Giant hydatid cyst: In the interventricular septum of a pregnant woman

Texas Heart Institute Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 333-335

  Tetik, Omer ^a   Yilik, Levent ^a   Emrecan, Bilgin ^a   Ozbek, Cengiz ^a   Gurbuz, Ali ^a  

^a Atatürk Educational and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Adult; Case report; Echinococcosis surgery; Echinococcosis diagnosis; Echocardiography; Female; Heart septum pathology; Heart septum surgery; Magnetic resonance imaging; Myocardial diseases parasitology; Pregnancy complications, parasitic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GESTATION PERIOD; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HUMAN; HYDATID CYST; LABORATORY TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART SEPTUM; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC;

EID: 0036449190     PISSN: 07302347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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