Quadruple valve replacement for carcinoid heart disease

J Heart Valve Dis. 2009 Mar;18(2):223-7.

Abstract

Cardiac surgery for symptomatic carcinoid heart disease in conjunction with adjunctive therapy is being increasingly shown to improve the long-term outlook of patients with carcinoid heart disease. Herein is reported the case of a female patient with heart failure, secondary to carcinoid heart disease affecting all four cardiac valves, who successfully underwent quadruple valve replacement in the same sitting. The patient made an uneventful postoperative recovery, and had an excellent quality of life at the one-year follow up examination.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Carcinoid Heart Disease / complications
  • Carcinoid Heart Disease / surgery*
  • Female
  • Heart Failure / etiology
  • Heart Failure / surgery
  • Heart Valve Diseases / etiology
  • Heart Valve Diseases / surgery
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis
  • Heart Valves / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Valves / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Ultrasonography