The clinical and surgical features of right-sided intracardiac masses due to echinococcosis

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2004

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SPRINGER-VERLAG

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Right-sided cardiac echinococcosis shows special clinical and surgical features beyond the rareness of echinococcosis in this position, leading to serious and life-threatening complications. We examined our cardiac hydatid cyst patients, retrospectively, and report our experience of the surgical treatment of right-sided cardiac hydatid cysts. Between 1985 and 2000, seven patients were transferred to our department from the cardiology department with a diagnosis of cystic cardiac masses which were highly suspected of being hydatid cysts. Two were males and 5 were females. In 3 patients the hydatid cyst was located in the right ventricle, and one was in the right atrium. The mean age of the patients was 37 years (ranging from 12 to 60 years). One patient had preoperative pulmonary emboli. In all right-sided cardiac echinococcosis patients, cardiopulmonary bypass was used. All cysts were cleaned after quilting the cystic cavities, and daughter cysts were removed carefully. The cavities were closed with purse-string sutures. Postoperatively, one patient had pulmonary emboli. In all patients, mebendazole was administered postoperatively. When a right-sided cardiac hydatid cyst is diagnosed, early surgical treatment should be performed under open-heart surgery conditions. During the operation, a single cannula in the superior vena cava should be used until fibrillation, and after clamping, the cannula for the pulmonary artery inferior vena cava should be inserted.

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echinococcosis, right heart, surgery

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HEART AND VESSELS

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Q4

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19

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3

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