Quadruple valve replacement for carcinoid heart disease.
Cardiac surgery for symptomatic carcinoid heart disease in conjunction with adjunctive therapy is being increasingly shown to improve the long-term outlook of patients with carcinoid heart disease. Herein is reported the case of a female patient with heart failure, secondary to carcinoid heart disease affecting all four cardiac valves, who successfully underwent quadruple valve replacement in the same sitting. The patient made an uneventful postoperative recovery, and had an excellent quality of life at the one-year follow up examination.
Raja
Shahzad G
SG
Department of Cardiac Surgery, Harefield Hospital, Harefield, Middlesex, United Kingdom. drrajashahzad@hotmail.com
Bhattacharyya
Sanjeev
S
Davar
Joseph
J
Caplin
Martyn E
ME
Burke
Margaret
M
Dreyfus
Gilles D
GD
D002275:Carcinoid Heart Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006351:Heart Valves / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D014463:Ultrasonography