1. Quadruple Bioprosthetic Valve Replacement in a Patient With Severe Carcinoid Heart Disease
- Author
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Anders Albåge, Staffan Welin, Johan Forsblad, and Ulrica Alström
- Subjects
0301 basic medicine ,medicine.medical_specialty ,CaHD, carcinoid heart disease ,Valve surgery ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Case Report ,Regurgitation (circulation) ,030105 genetics & heredity ,carcinoid heart disease ,LMW, low molecular weight ,Bioprosthetic valve ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Right heart failure ,Clinical Case ,Valve replacement ,Internal medicine ,NET, neuroendocrine tumor ,medicine ,Carcinoid Heart Disease ,Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system ,PFO, persistent foramen ovale ,business.industry ,medicine.disease ,Cardiac surgery ,Stenosis ,TTE, transthoracic echocardiography ,RC666-701 ,Cardiology ,valve replacement ,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine ,business ,cardiac surgery ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery - Abstract
Carcinoid heart disease typically affects the tricuspid and pulmonary valves, causing severe regurgitation and/or stenosis. Valve surgery has been shown to reduce right heart failure and improve long-term prognosis in these patients. We report a severe case of a patient with all 4 heart valves involved who underwent successful quadruple bioprosthetic valve replacement. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.), Graphical abstract, Carcinoid heart disease typically affects the tricuspid and pulmonary valves causing severe regurgitation and/or stenosis. Valve surgery has been…
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- 2020