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Pravin K Goel
Department of Cardiology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow 226014
India

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Cardiac hydatid cyst is a rare condition, accounting for only 0.5-2% of all hydatid infestations. [1],[2] Fluoroscopy, coronary angiography, left ventricular angiography and CT scan of a 67-year-old diabetic, hypertensive and chronic stable angina patient showed incidental calcified cyst attached to heart [[Figure 1], Video 1]. On performing left ventricular (LV) angiography, a mass was found attached to the posterior aspect of left ventricle at the atrioventricular groove through a peduncle [[Figure 2], Video 2]. Later, 64-slice multidetector computed tomography showed a calcified cyst with multiple cystic locules within it, confirming the diagnosis of calcified hydatid cyst [Figure 3] and [Figure 4]. The cyst was intrapericardial in location with attachment to the atrioventricular groove near the crux. He was advised coronary artery bypass graft surgery with excision of the cyst.{Figure 1}{Figure 2}{Figure 3}{Figure 4}

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