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The current study investigated the mid- to long-term outcomes of surgery in patients with cardiac neoplasms in life-threatening conditions. Methods: This study retrospectively analyzed 36 consecutive patients who underwent resection for cardiac neoplasms with life-threatening cardiovascular, respiratory, and cerebral nervous system complications from January 2000 to December 2022. Their mean age at surgery was 54.9 years. In terms of fatal events, one patient who experienced a ventricular tachycardia storm caused by a left ventricular neoplasm was placed under deep sedation and managed with a ventilator preoperatively. Seven patients who presented with limb motor paralysis and visual defects had cerebral infarction. Two of the seven patients with cerebral infarction received cerebrovascular treatment before cardiac surgery. Results: During the follow-up period, cerebral- and cardiovascular-related deaths were not recorded. All postoperative cerebral and cardiovascular complications were new-onset cerebral infarction (n = 2) (with symptoms that improved during the long term). The mean follow-up period was 6.2 years. The 5- and 10-year survival rates of all patients were 89.8% and 78.7%, respectively. There were no significant differences in postoperative prognosis between patients with preoperative cerebral infarctions and those without. Conclusions: The long-term surgical outcome of patients with life-threatening symptomatic cardiac neoplasm was good. 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