[Restrictive cardiomyopathy due to myocardial cysticercosis]

Autor: Rodrigo Morel Vieira de, Melo, Almiro Vieira de, Melo Neto, Luís Cláudio L, Corrêa, Almiro Vieira de, Melo Filho
Rok vydání: 2006
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Zdroj: Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia. 85(6)
ISSN: 0066-782X
Popis: There is no description of cysticercosis affecting heart function. In the present report, the authors describe the case of a 46-year-old woman with cardiac cysticercosis and heart failure, presenting with echocardiographic findings suggestive of restrictive cardiomyopathy and myocardial microcalcifications suggestive of cardiac infiltration by the disease.
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