1. Myocardial Cystic Hydatids Causing Cardiac Tamponade—Report of Cases
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Nazif Anil, Tahir Yüksek, Hasan Solak, Sami Ceran, Mehmet Yeniterzi, and Özkan Akkoç
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Lung ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Helminthiasis ,030204 cardiovascular system & hematology ,medicine.disease ,Palpation ,Surgery ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Cardiac tamponade ,parasitic diseases ,cardiovascular system ,medicine ,Pericardium ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Thoracotomy ,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine ,business ,Surgical treatment ,Complication - Abstract
Four patients with cystic hydatids located in pericardium and myocardium were admitted. Cardiac tamponade was determined in 1 of these cases. Surgical treatment was instituted for all cases. Transpericardial cardiac palpation was emphasized in cases where thoracotomy was necessary due to the lung cystic hydatids.
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- 1991
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