Role of transesophageal echocardiography in diagnosis and management of cardiac hydatid cyst: Report of three cases and review of the literature

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 271-274

  Atilgan, Dursun ^a,b   Kudat, Hasan ^a   Tükek, Tufan ^a   Ozcan, Mustafa ^a   Yildirim, Okan B ^a   Elmaci, Turkan Tansel ^a   Onursal, Ertan ^a  

^a Istanbul Medical Faulty ^*  (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FUROSEMIDE; HYPERTONIC SOLUTION; SPIRONOLACTONE;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DISEASE; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYDATID CYST; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REVIEW; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT INDICATION; CARDIOMYOPATHY; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY;

ADULT; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0036515653     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mje.2002.120507     Document Type: Article

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