title: Percutaneous closure of a patent foramen ovale in left-sided carcinoid heart disease.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  A 51-year-old woman with a 5-year history of metastatic small bowel carcinoid disease developed fatigue and gradually worsening dyspnea on exertion, over 6 months.
  
  
  METHODS
  Physical examination, transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography, and aortography.
  
  
  METHODS
  Left-sided carcinoid disease associated with a patent foramen ovale.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Percutaneous transcatheter closure of the patent foramen ovale.
authors.affiliation: Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA.
authors.forename: Paru R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Chaudhari
authors.forename: Jeffrey
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Abergel
authors.forename: Richard R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Warner
authors.forename: Jerome
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zacks
authors.forename: Barry A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Love
authors.forename: Jonathan L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Halperin
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Adler
mesh_terms: D001027:Aortography; D002275:Carcinoid Heart Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery*; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007414:Intestinal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D007421:Intestine, Small; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D008875:Middle Aged