title: Surgery for cardiac hydatid disease: an Anatolian experience.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study was to describe the clinical/pathological features and the outcome of the surgical treatment of cardiac hydatid disease in our unit and other hospitals of Anatolia over a fifteen-years period.
  
  
  METHODS
  Between 1984 and 2001, fifty cases of surgically treated cardiac hydatid disease were identified by systematic literature search from Anatolia. Twelve patients were operated at the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Ankara University within the same period. Overall thirty-nine patients were female (mean age 29.8+/-14 years). Sixty-three percent of patients were complaining of dyspnea at the time of referral to the hospital and 22% presented with signs of acute coronary syndrome.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The most common cardiac location was the left ventricle (46.7%) followed by the interventricular septum, the right ventricle and atria. The most common procedure was controlled puncture and aspiration of the cyst content, its excision and closure of the resulting cavity, which were performed under cardiopulmonary bypass. Overall Anatolian operative mortality was 4.8% (3 patients). No late deaths but recurrence in one patient have occurred.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In view of the lack of efficient alternative treatment options, we recommend surgical intervention even in asymptomatic patients in order to prevent the occurrence of lethal complications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey. Rüçhan.akar@medicine.ankara.edu.tr
authors.forename: Rüçhan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Akar
authors.forename: Sadik
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Eryilmaz
authors.forename: Levent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yazicioğlu
authors.forename: Neyyir Tuncay
authors.initials: NT
authors.lastname: Eren
authors.forename: Serkan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Durdu
authors.forename: Adnan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Uysalel
authors.forename: Kemalettin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Uçanok
authors.forename: Tümer
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Corapçioğlu
authors.forename: Umit
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Ozyurda
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008499:Medical Records; D008875:Middle Aged; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016019:Survival Analysis; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology