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A case of intracardiac echinococcosis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 June 2017

Soner Sertan Kara  and
Ufuk Utku Gullu
Soner Sertan Kara*
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Infectious Disease, Erzurum Regional Research and Training Hospital, Erzurum, Turkey
Ufuk Utku Gullu
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Erzurum Regional Research and Training Hospital, Erzurum, Turkey
*
Correspondence to: S. Sertan Kara, MD, Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Erzurum Regional Training and Research Hospital, Palandoken, Erzurum 25280, Turkey. Tel: +904422325449/+905352577885; Fax: +904422325025; E-mail: drsoner@yahoo.com
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Abstract

We describe a case of multisystemic cystic echinococcosis exhibiting intracardiac involvement. A lesion inside the lateral wall of the left ventricle induced negative T waves on leads V5 and V6.

Keywords

Cardiac involvementcystic echinococcosisnegative T waves
Type
Images in Congenital Cardiac Disease
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 27 , Issue 7 , September 2017 , pp. 1392 - 1393
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Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 2017 

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