Transannular pulmonary enlargement and bioprostheses for carcinoid disease.
A diminutive pulmonary artery and right ventricular outflow tract in a 46-year-old woman with a 10-year history of carcinoid syndrome required transannular pulmonary patch enlargement to allow replacement of the pulmonary and tricuspid valves with bioprostheses. The avoidance of anticoagulation permitted further hepatic arterial embolization without an increased risk of bleeding.
Choong
Cliff K
CK
Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, CB23 8RE, UK.
Arrowsmith
Joseph E
JE
Klein
Andrew A
AA
Wells
Francis C
FC
D000818:Animals; D001705:Bioprosthesis; D002275:Carcinoid Heart Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D002417:Cattle; D005260:Female; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D011664:Pulmonary Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014261:Tricuspid Valve / Q000601:surgery*