Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve Implantation in Carcinoid Heart Disease

Cardiovasc Revasc Med. 2022 Jul:40S:130-134. doi: 10.1016/j.carrev.2021.12.027. Epub 2021 Dec 30.

Abstract

Carcinoid heart disease is a rare condition affecting mostly tricuspid and pulmonary valves causing right-sided heart failure. Surgical valve replacement is the mainstay of treatment when patients become symptomatic and/or in the presence of right heart remodeling. We present a case of severe pulmonary valve regurgitation secondary to carcinoid heart disease occurring 4 years after a surgical tricuspid replacement, successfully treated with direct transcatheter pulmonary valve implantation without pre-stenting.

Keywords: Carcinoid heart desease; Transcatheter pulmonary valve implantation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Carcinoid Heart Disease* / complications
  • Carcinoid Heart Disease* / diagnostic imaging
  • Carcinoid Heart Disease* / surgery
  • Heart Failure* / surgery
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation* / adverse effects
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis* / adverse effects
  • Humans
  • Pulmonary Valve Insufficiency* / diagnostic imaging
  • Pulmonary Valve Insufficiency* / etiology
  • Pulmonary Valve Insufficiency* / surgery
  • Pulmonary Valve* / diagnostic imaging
  • Pulmonary Valve* / surgery
  • Treatment Outcome