Heart, Lung and Circulation
Volume 17, Issue 6 , Pages 502-504 , December 2008

Thoracic Hydatid Disease; A Review of 763 Cases

  • J. Shehatha, FRACS

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Ibn-Alnafis Teaching Hospital, Baghdad, Iraq
    • ,
  • A. Alizzi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Ibn-Alnafis Teaching Hospital, Baghdad, Iraq
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Alfred Hospital, PO Box 315, Prahran, Melbourne, Victoria 3181, Australia. Tel: +61 3 90762000; fax: +61 3 90762317.
    • ,
  • M. Alward, FRCS

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Ibn-Alnafis Teaching Hospital, Baghdad, Iraq
    • ,
  • I. Konstantinov, MD

      Affiliations

    • Sir Charles Gardner Hospital, Perth, Australia

Received 5 November 2007 ,Revised 21 March 2008 ,Accepted 1 April 2008.

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PII: S1443-9506(08)00127-3

doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2008.04.001

Heart, Lung and Circulation
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