Cardiac Parasitic Infection in Trichinellosis Associated with Right Ventricle Outflow Tract Obstruction
The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
; : 145-148, 2014.
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ABSTRACT
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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Asunto principal:
Válvula Pulmonar
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Triquinelosis
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Ecocardiografía
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Disnea
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Ventrículos Cardíacos
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Hipertrofia
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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2014
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