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.
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