EVALUATION OF HYDATID-DISEASE OF THE HEART WITH MAGNETIC-RESONANCE-IMAGING

Authors
KOTOULAS GK MAGOUFIS GL GOULIAMOS AD ATHANASSOPOULOU AK ROUSSAKIS AC KOULOCHERI DP KALOVIDOURIS A VLAHOS L
Citation
Gk. Kotoulas et al., EVALUATION OF HYDATID-DISEASE OF THE HEART WITH MAGNETIC-RESONANCE-IMAGING, Cardiovascular and interventional radiology, 19(3), 1996, pp. 187-189
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
Cardiovascular and interventional radiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
01741551
Volume
19
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
187 - 189
Database
ISI
SICI code
0174-1551(1996)19:3<187:EOHOTH>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
Two patients with cardiac involvement of hydatid disease are presented : one with hydatid cyst of the interventricular septum and pulmonary a rteries and the other with multiple pulmonary cysts associated with in tracardiac and pericardial cysts. The ability of magnetic resonance im aging (MRI) to provide a global view of cardiac anatomy in any plane w ith high contrast between flowing blood and soft tissue ensures it an important role in the diagnosis and preoperative assessment of hydatid disease of the heart.