Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve Implantation in Carcinoid Heart Disease

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. Wepresent 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. (c) 2021 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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This article presents a rare disease called carcinoid heart disease and discusses its treatment methods, with a successful case of treatment through direct transcatheter pulmonary valve implantation without pre-stenting.