Successful balloon dilatation of the pulmonary valve in carcinoid heart disease.
Percutaneous balloon dilatation of the pulmonary valve resulted in long lasting benefit in a 40-year-old patient with carcinoid heart disease. Concomitant aggressive therapy for her metastatic carcinoid tumour may explain why the clinical outcome was better than previous reports.
Department of Medicine, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, UK.
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Hargreaves
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Pringle
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Boon
D000328:Adult; D002275:Carcinoid Heart Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D002404:Catheterization; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004452:Echocardiography; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D011666:Pulmonary Valve Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*