Left atrial mobile hydatid cyst mimicking left atrial myxoma and mitral stenosis and causing heart failure and arrhythmia

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 193-195

  Biyik, Ismail ^a   Acar, Seval ^a   Ergene, Oktay ^a,b  

^a Usak State Hospital   (Turkey)

^b Department of Urology   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Echinococcus; Left atrial hydatid cyst

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; CARVEDILOL; FUROSEMIDE; SALICYLIC ACID;

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSPNEA; ECHINOCOCCUS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM HYDATID CYST; HEART ATRIUM MYXOMA; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; LUNG EDEMA; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; SEROLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 33947205661     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: 18758312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-006-9132-5     Document Type: Article

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