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Two patients with cardiac involvement of hydatid disease are presented: one with hydatid cyst of the interventricular septum and pulmonary arteries and the other with multiple pulmonary cysts, associated with intracardiac and pericardial cysts. The ability of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to provide a global view of cardiac anatomy in any plane with 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.
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Kotoulas, G.K., Magoufis, G.L., Gouliamos, A.D. et al. Evaluation of hydatid disease of the heart with magnetic resonance imaging. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 19, 187–189 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02577618
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