Surgical Treatment of Cardiac Echinococcosis

Report of Ten Cases

Saritas, Ahmet MD
Yamak, Birol MD
Şener, Erol MD
Birincioğlu, Levent MD
Battaloğlu, Bektaş MD
Mavitaş, Binali MD
Taşdemir, Oğuz MD
Bayazit, Kemal MD

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery Yüksek Ihtisas Hastanesi Ankara, Turkey

For reprint information contact: Birol Yamak, MD Türkiye Yüksek Ihtisas Hastanesi Department of Cardiovascular Surgery 06100 Sihhiye, Ankara, Turkey Tel: 90 312 310 3080 Fax: 90 312 312 4122

Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals 3(2):p 58-62, June 1995. | DOI: 10.1177/021849239500300207

From 1977 to July 1994, 10 patients underwent operation for cardiac cysts in the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery of Türkiye Yüksek Ihtisas Hospital. The ages of the patients ranged from 10 to 39 years (mean 25.2 ± 8.82). Nine patients had cardiac and pericardial cysts, and the first patient of this series had two pericardial cysts. One patient died in the early postoperative period due to rupture of the interventricular septum. Hospital mortality was 10% (1/10). Late follow-up data were obtained for 8 of the 9 hospital survivors, and no recurrence was found.