other <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="color:black">Introduction:</span></span></b><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="color:black"> Human cystic echinococcosis (CE), a hydatid disease, is a tissue infestation endemic in numerous sheep-farming areas, notably Mediterranean countries, the Middle East, South America, and Australia. Cardiac CE is an infrequent expression of Echinococcus infection, representing 0.5% to 2% of the CE cases. This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to review cardiac CE in electrocardiogram (ECG) findings comprehensively. </span></span></span></span><br> <span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="color:black">Search Study:</span></span></b><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="color:black"> We have included all of the case series studies that presented the ECG findings of cardiac CE. Non-English studies, conference abstracts, review studies, letters, and commentaries were excluded. A systematic search was conducted in PubMed and Embase from inception to March 2022. JBI critical appraisal tool for case series was utilized for quality assessments. Meta-analysis of the proportion of normal sinus rythme (NSR) among Cardiac CE patients was performed using the CMA3. High heterogeneity was identified by the I2 statistics of more than 50%, and I2 statistics below 50% were identified as low heterogeneity. A fixed effect was used in cases of low heterogeneity; otherwise, a random effect was used. </span></span></span></span><br> <span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="color:black">Results:</span></span></b><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="color:black"> Among 3,985 records, 20 studies reported the ECG findings. Based on the quantitative synthesis, the proportion of patients with NSR was 48.3% (9 studies; 95% CI: 38.8%-57.9%; I2: 43.99%; <i>p </i>value for heterogeneity = 0.075). </span></span></span></span><br> <b><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="color:black">Conclusion and Discussion:</span></span></b><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="color:black"> Non-specific signs and ECG changes make cardiac CE a diagnostic challenge. NSR is the most commonly presented ECG finding in cardiac CE, highlighting the method&#39;s lack of diagnostic accuracy.</span></span><br> <br> <img alt="" src="./files/site1/images/888.jpg" style="width: 1000px; height: 36px;" ></span></span></div> Echinococcosis, Meta-analysis, Systematic review 292 292 http://ibj.pasteur.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-4696-310&slc_lang=other&sid=1 Rasa Beheshti No Erfan Banisefid No Kosar Baghernezhad No Amirreza Naseri No Hamid Owaysee Osquee No Elnaz Javanshir Yes