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M Saalouke

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Echinococcosis of the heart: clinical and echocardiographic features in 19 patients.

We describe clinical and echocardiographic features in 19 patients with cardiac echinococcosis. Wide variability in the location and number of cysts inside cardiac cavities, septum, and pericardium is observed. The central role of two-dimensional echocardiography in making the diagnosis is stressed. This report has a significant clinical value in view of the large number of cases of a relatively rare condition.

Adolescent↗

Combined supravalvular aortic stenosis and hypertrophic subaortic stenosis: coexistence or association?

A 19-year-old male was found to have combined supravalvular aortic stenosis and hypertrophic subaortic stenosis. Two possible hypotheses with supportive evidence in the literature may explain this association: (1) long-standing fixed supravalvular aortic stenosis may result in secondary hypertrophic subaortic stenosis, and (2) infantile hypercalcemia, a condition closely related to supravalvular aortic stenosis, may also be involved by continuous inotropic stimulation in the pathogenesis of muscular hypertrophy and subaortic stenosis of the left ventricle. We tend to favor the second theory in light of recent evidence in the literature.

Adult↗