Quadruple Bioprosthetic Valve Replacement in a Patient With Severe Carcinoid Heart Disease

Anders Albåge, MD, PhD; Ulrica Alström, MD, PhD; Johan Forsblad, MD, PhD; Staffan Welin, MD, PhD

JACC: Case Reports (Feb 2020)

Quadruple Bioprosthetic Valve Replacement in a Patient With Severe Carcinoid Heart Disease

Anders Albåge, MD, PhD,
Ulrica Alström, MD, PhD,
Johan Forsblad, MD, PhD,
Staffan Welin, MD, PhD

Affiliations

Anders Albåge, MD, PhD: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Anesthesiology, University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden; Department of Surgical Sciences, University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden; Address for correspondence: Dr. Anders Albåge, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Anesthesiology University Hospital, SE-751 85 Uppsala, Sweden.
Ulrica Alström, MD, PhD: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Anesthesiology, University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden; Department of Surgical Sciences, University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden
Johan Forsblad, MD, PhD: Department of Medical Sciences, Cardiology, University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden
Staffan Welin, MD, PhD: Department of Medical Sciences, Endocrine Oncology Unit, University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 2
pp. 271 – 276

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Carcinoid heart disease typically affects the tricuspid and pulmonary valves, causing severe regurgitation and/or stenosis. Valve surgery has been shown to reduce right heart failure and improve long-term prognosis in these patients. We report a severe case of a patient with all 4 heart valves involved who underwent successful quadruple bioprosthetic valve replacement. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.)

Published in JACC: Case Reports

ISSN: 2666-0849 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/jacc-case-reports

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