Hydatid cyst is a serious endemic parasitic disease found in cattle-raising areas of the world. Cardiac hydatid cysts are rare and appear in 0.5% to 2% of hydatid cyst cases. A 24-year-old male patient was admitted to the hospital because of chest pain. A cystic mass (4 4 3 cm) was demonstrated with transthoracic echocardiography, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging. A hydatid cyst was located in the right ventricular wall near the inferior branch of the acute marginal branch of the right coronary artery and was located such that it pushed the tricuspid valve inward. The cystic materials were removed with the patient on cardiopulmonary bypass. The surgery for cardiac hydatid disease is safe, and the results are satisfactory.
A 52-year-old patient was admitted in our hospital for postinfarction ventricular septal defect (VSD), left ventricular aneurysm and coronary artery disease. He was investigated by echocardiography and coronary angiography and proposed for operation. In the light of the patient's stable hemodynamic condition, surgical intervention was delayed. 3 weeks following the acute myocardial infarction open heart surgery was performed and had been managed just pre-operatively with an intra-aortic balloon pumping. The patient underwent successful VSD closure with a patch. The repair involves VSD closure and infarct exclusion technique. The patient discharged 10 days postoperatively. We consider that this modification is a simple and effective way to decrease the surgical risk of postinfarction VSD.
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