New World's old disease: cardiac hydatid disease and surgical principles.

CONCLUSION: Although cardiac hydatid disease is rare, its prevalence seems to have increased in the last decade. Any patient with suspected cardiac symptoms suggesting mass lesions should be considered for a differential diagnosis of cardiac hydatid disease, especially in developing countries. Definitive treatment is removal of the cyst, combined with medical therapy. PMID: 28218769 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Cardiovascular Journal of Africa - February 19, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Tanyeli O, Dereli Y, Mercan I, Gormus N, Yuksek T Tags: Cardiovasc J Afr Source Type: research