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KMID : 0364020140470020145
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Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
2014 Volume.47 No. 2 p.145 ~ p.148
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Cardiac Parasitic Infection in Trichinellosis Associated with Right Ventricle Outflow Tract Obstruction
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Bang Seung-Ho
Park Jae-Bum
Chee Hyun-Keun
Kim Jun-Seok
Ko Sung-Min
Kim Wan-Seop
Shin Je-Kyoun
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Abstract
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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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KEYWORD
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Parasite infection, heart, Trichinellosis, Right ventricle
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