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Cardiac Parasitic Infection in Trichinellosis Associated with Right Ventricle Outflow Tract Obstruction
Here, we present a rare case of cardiac parasitic infection found in an adult female patient who had the symptoms of dyspnea upon exertion. She was diagnosed with a double-chambered right ventricle due to infundibular hypertrophy confirmed by transthoracic echocardiography and cardiac computed tomog...
Autores principales: | , , , , , , |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Korean Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
2014
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4000873/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24782966 http://dx.doi.org/10.5090/kjtcs.2014.47.2.145 |
Sumario: | Here, we present a rare case of cardiac parasitic infection found in an adult female patient who had the symptoms of dyspnea upon exertion. She was diagnosed with a double-chambered right ventricle due to infundibular hypertrophy confirmed by transthoracic echocardiography and cardiac computed tomography. We performed surgery of infundibulectomy around the pulmonary valve. In the end, histopathological findings of the resected infundibular muscle demonstrated trichinellosis, a type of roundworm infection. |
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