%0 Journal Article
%T Right ventricular hydatid cyst presented as tachyarrhythmia
%A Ajay Kumar Pandey
%A Monika Bhandari
%A Sarvesh Kumar
%A Sushil Kumar Singh
%A Vijayant Devenraj
%A Vikas Singh
%J Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals
%@ 1816-5370
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/0218492318817665
%X Cardiac hydatidosis is a rare presentation of echinococcus granulosus infestation. We report the case of 57-year-old man who presented with syncope due to ventricular tachycardia and was managed with antiarrhythmic drugs for an acute episode. Echocardiography and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging suggested a 1 cm right ventricular hydatid cyst. In view of the control of arrhythmia on antiarrhythmic drugs and the small size of the cyst, the patient was treated with albendazole 400 mg twice a day for 4 weeks. He was asymptomatic with normal liver function during follow-up, and repeat echocardiography after 1 year revealed disappearance of the intramyocardial lesion
%K Albendazole
%K anthelmintics
%K echinococcosis
%K heart diseases
%K tachycardia
%K ventricular
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0218492318817665