Giant cardiac hydatid cyst causing sustained ventricular tachycardia. Successful surgical treatment

Callalli E.; Pelaez C.; Armendáriz-Ferrari J.C.; Gonzales S.; Salas M.; Niño M.; Bombilla A. · Archivos Peruanos de Cardiologia y Cirugia Cardiovascular (2022) · DOI: 10.47487/apcyccv.v3i2.209

Resumen

Cardiac involvement of hydatid disease is rare. In Peru, a country with a high prevalence of this infectious disease, few cases of cardiac hydatid disease have been reported. We present the case of a man with a cardiac hydatid cyst of more than 10 cm in diameter that debuted with malignant arrhythmia and successfully treated with surgery.