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.
Hargreaves
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AD
Department of Medicine, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, UK.
Pringle
S D
SD
Boon
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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*