Carcinoid Heart Disease With Hypoxemia

Tomohiro Suenaga, MD; Kenichi Ishizu, MD; Miho Nakamura, MD; Toru Morofuji, MD; Takashi Morinaga, MD; Masaomi Hayashi, MD; Akihiro Isotani, MD; Shinichi Shirai, MD; Kenji Ando, MD

JACC: Case Reports (May 2024)

Carcinoid Heart Disease With Hypoxemia

Tomohiro Suenaga, MD,
Kenichi Ishizu, MD,
Miho Nakamura, MD,
Toru Morofuji, MD,
Takashi Morinaga, MD,
Masaomi Hayashi, MD,
Akihiro Isotani, MD,
Shinichi Shirai, MD,
Kenji Ando, MD

Affiliations

Tomohiro Suenaga, MD: Department of Cardiology, Kokura Memorial Hospital, Kitakyushu, Japan
Kenichi Ishizu, MD: Address for correspondence: Dr Kenichi Ishizu, Department of Cardiology, Kokura Memorial Hospital, 3-2-1 Asano, Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, 802-8555, Japan.; Department of Cardiology, Kokura Memorial Hospital, Kitakyushu, Japan
Miho Nakamura, MD: Department of Cardiology, Kokura Memorial Hospital, Kitakyushu, Japan
Toru Morofuji, MD: Department of Cardiology, Kokura Memorial Hospital, Kitakyushu, Japan
Takashi Morinaga, MD: Department of Cardiology, Kokura Memorial Hospital, Kitakyushu, Japan
Masaomi Hayashi, MD: Department of Cardiology, Kokura Memorial Hospital, Kitakyushu, Japan
Akihiro Isotani, MD: Department of Cardiology, Kokura Memorial Hospital, Kitakyushu, Japan
Shinichi Shirai, MD: Department of Cardiology, Kokura Memorial Hospital, Kitakyushu, Japan
Kenji Ando, MD: Department of Cardiology, Kokura Memorial Hospital, Kitakyushu, Japan

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 29, no. 10
p. 102335

Abstract

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Patent foramen ovale (PFO) complicated with carcinoid heart disease (CHD) can cause severe hypoxia and worsening clinical conditions. We report the case of a patient with CHD in poor general condition with multiple severe valve regurgitations and PFO, who underwent successful percutaneous closure of the PFO.

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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