Cardiac hydatid cysts: Echocardiographic findings

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 201-205

  Barbetseas, John ^a   Lambrou, Spyros ^a   Aggeli, Constantina ^a   Vyssoulis, Gregory ^a   Frogoudaki, Alexandra ^a   Tsiamis, Eleftherios ^a   Stefanadis, Christodoulos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Echinococcosis; Echocardiography; Hydatid cyst; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ECHINOCOCCOSIS; HUMAN; MALE; RARE DISEASE; SERODIAGNOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 18144372346     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.20108     Document Type: Article

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