A case of asymptomatic cardiopericardial hydatid cyst

Japanese Heart Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 541-545

  Guven, Aytekin ^a   Sokmen, Gulizar ^a   Yuksel, Murvet ^a   Kokoglu, Omer Faruk ^a   Koksal, Nurhan ^a   Cetinkaya, Ali ^a  

^a KAHRAMANMARAS SUTCU IMAM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Albendazole therapy; Cardiac cyst; Pericardial cyst

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDATID CYST; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERICARDIAL DISEASE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); CARDIOMYOPATHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MEDIASTINUM CYST; PARASITOLOGY;

ADULT; ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTICS; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINAL CYST; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 3442900226     PISSN: 00214868     EISSN: 1348673X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1536/jhj.45.541     Document Type: Article

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