Medline ® Abstract for Reference 34
of 'Carcinoid heart disease'
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Double bioprosthetic valve replacement in right-sided carcinoid heart disease.
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Voigt PG, Braun J, Teng OY, Koolbergen DR, Holman E, Bax JJ, Smit VT, Dion RA
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Ann Thorac Surg. 2005;79(6):2147.
A patient with tricuspid and pulmonary regurgitation due to carcinoid syndrome successfully underwent double bioprosthetic valve replacement. This technique avoids anticoagulation treatment in a patient with hepatic dysfunction and facilitates future hepatic de-arterialization as a treatment option in carcinoid disease. Advances in treatment of carcinoid syndrome may have reduced the risk of early bioprosthetic degeneration.
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Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands. p.g.voigt@lumc.nl
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