[Symptomatology of hydatid cyst of the heart. Study of a continuous series of 13 cases and value of x-ray computed tomography].

Thirteen consecutive cases of cardiac hydatic cyst were studied. The cysts were usually multiple, predominantly left ventricular. There were two cases of rupture of left ventricular cysts with systemic embolism, and three ruptures of right ventricular cysts causing pulmonary embolism.

[Use of dopamine in sequelae of extracorporeal circulation. Apropos of 50 patients].

Dopamine was used after open heart surgery in a group of 50 patients. The therapeutic indications were: diffuse coronary insufficiency in 27 cases, myocardial infarction in 12 cases and early septicaemic shock in 6 cases. In the other 5 cases, dopamine was prescribed for short lasting circulatory insufficiency.