[Echinococcus of the heart. Infundibular pulmonary stenosis due to a large solitary cyst of the ventricular septum (author's transl)].

An echinococcus cyst in the ventricular septum is described, which produced an infundibular pulmonary stenosis. Following angiography, surgical intervention could be accurately planned and proved successful. The incidence, course, radiological features and diagnosis of cardiac echinococcus are reviewed.