title: Carcinoid heart disease: a remarkable recovery.
abstract: A 65-year-old female patient with metastatic neuroendocrine tumour of the small intestine developed carcinoid valve disease and intractable right heart failure. She underwent successful cardiac valve replacement of both tricuspid and pulmonary valves. One year after surgery, she has regained full functional capacity.
authors.affiliation: Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Netwerk Antwerpen , Belgium.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Proesmans
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Van Fraeyenhove
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Dossche
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mattelaer
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Scott
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002275:Carcinoid Heart Disease / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D011664:Pulmonary Valve / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D020127:Recovery of Function; D014261:Tricuspid Valve / Q000601:surgery
keywords: Carcinoid; Heart failure; Lanreotide; Neuroendocrine tumour; Valve replacement