Percutaneous closure of a patent foramen ovale in left-sided carcinoid heart disease.
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.
Chaudhari
Paru R
PR
Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA.
Abergel
Jeffrey
J
Warner
Richard R
RR
Zacks
Jerome
J
Love
Barry A
BA
Halperin
Jonathan L
JL
Adler
Eric
E
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