ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND: the cardiac sarcomas, although very rare, represent the quasi-totality of the primitive sly tumors of the heart AIM: it is about a retrospective study of two cases of cardiac sarcomas operated in Sahloul university hospital of Sousse. CASES: it is about a woman and a man: The respective ages were 22 and 45 years. The clinical pattern of the patients was polymorphic and the diagnosis put by cardiac echography. Both patients had a surgical resection and a chemotherapy. Both patients died in 13 and 18 months after the diagnosis. CONCLUSION: because of the extreme rarity of the cardiac sarcomas, there is no precise therapeutic strategy. The only consensus concerns the surgery as soon as the diagnosis of cardiac tumor is put. The prognosis of these tumors is extremely redoubtable with a survival which does not exceed 2 years after the beginning of the symptomatology.
Subject(s)
Heart Neoplasms , Sarcoma , Adult , Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols/therapeutic use , Echocardiography , Fatal Outcome , Female , Heart Atria/surgery , Heart Neoplasms/diagnosis , Heart Neoplasms/drug therapy , Heart Neoplasms/surgery , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Prognosis , Sarcoma/diagnosis , Sarcoma/drug therapy , Sarcoma/surgery , Treatment OutcomeABSTRACT
Six cases of cortriatriatum operated between January 1990 and April 2004. Their ages ranged from 3 months to 22 years. Associated lesions are present in 4 patients. They consisted mostly of interatrial defects. The echocardiography has been considered the procedure of choice for the diagnosis. Results of surgery were excellent for all patients with a mean follow up of 5 years.
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Cor Triatriatum , Adolescent , Child, Preschool , Cor Triatriatum/diagnostic imaging , Cor Triatriatum/surgery , Echocardiography , Female , Follow-Up Studies , Humans , Infant , Male , Time Factors , Treatment OutcomeABSTRACT
From May 1991 to July 2003, 19 patients (9 men and 10 women), of 30 years average age were operated in our department service for surgical cure of cardio-pericardial hydatid cysts. The TEE constitutes the examination of choice in the cardio-pericardial diagnosis of hydatid cyst. The surgery under CPB is the technique of choice, we practiced used 15 times. The left ventricular localization is most frequent. We deplore only death into post-operative immediate. The post-operative was course simple at the majority of our patients. 17 patients could be controlled remotely of the intervention with 35.5 months an average passing. We deplore 2 late deaths. No relapse was observed.
