[Giant left ventricle cardiac hydatid cyst : report of a challenging case].

Hydatidosis is a potentially fatal parasitic disease where humans are an accidental host. The cardiac location is due to the development in the heart of the larval form of Taenia Echinococcus granulosus. We present the case of a patient with a history of pulmonary hydatid cysts who presented with atypical chest pain with a huge hydatid cyst of the anterior and lateral wall of the left ventricle of 80/66 mm in diameter responsible of a thinning of the wall of the left ventricle and close relationship with the anterior descending artery and the circumflex artery.

[Coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with severe left ventricular systolic dysfunction: Short- and long-term outcomes].

Background: Ischemic heart disease with severe left ventricular systolic dysfunction is a poor prognosis. Coronary artery bypass grafting is the gold treatment in this population, despite high surgical risk.

Aim: The aim of our study is to evaluate the short- and long-term outcomes of coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with ischemic heart disease and severe left ventricular systolic dysfunction (LVEF≤35%).

[Aortic infective endocarditis: Value of surgery. About 48 cases].

Introduction: Infective endocarditis (IE) is a serious disease whose prognosis depends on early management. Aortic location is characterized by its evolution toward myocardial failure and the high number of complications reasons for early surgery.

Aim: To compare the short- and mid-terms results of surgery for aortic infective endocarditis (IE) in the active phase and the healed phase.

[Conservative mitral valve surgery in the treatment of mitral regurgitation due to infective endocarditis. Report of 21 cases].

Background: To evaluate the feasibility of mitral valve repair in patients with infective endocarditis (IE).

Methods And Results: Forty-seven patients operated for mitral endocarditis between 1995 and 2005; 21 underwent mitral valve repair. The repair was performed for acute endocarditis in seven patients at a median of 14 days after the onset of treatment and 14 patients for healed endocarditis after a median of six months.

[Takayasu's arteritis revealed by aortic regurgitation with ascending aortic aneurysm (About 2 cases)].

Aortic regurgitation caused by non-specific aortitis is relatively rare, and is now considered as an important risk factor related to mortality. Aortic valve replacement surgery is the only curative treatment. Aneurismal dilatation of the ascending thoracic aorta associated with aortic regurgitation is a rare involvement in Takayasu, there are many difficult problems in surgical treatment of this lesion, because of its inflammatory nature, so steroid therapy before and after surgery is therefore vital.