Ventricular assistance after tricuspid valve replacement for carcinoid heart disease.
We report a case of a 71-year-old woman with carcinoid heart disease admitted in ICU after tricuspid valve replacement. She quickly developed a acute heart right failure. Optimal medical treatment failed and we implanted ventricular assistance. After 10 days of support, patient improved and the right ventricle recovered. Temporary devices can provide a successful bridge to cardiac recovery. However, the risk of infection that is a major prognosis factor should be carefully considered particularly when temporary assistance implanted on immunosuppressed patients.
Njambou Mbakop
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Service soins intensifs, CHU de Liège, domaine universitaire Sart-Tilman, 4000 Liège, Belgium. thierrynjambou@yahoo.fr
Weyers
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Van de Steen
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Georis
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Denis
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Bettendorf
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D000368:Aged; D002275:Carcinoid Heart Disease / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000601:surgery*; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery*; D014261:Tricuspid Valve / Q000601:surgery*