Heterotopic Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Replacement in a Patient With Carcinoid Heart Disease.

ABSTRACT: Neuroendocrine tumors can lead to carcinoid heart disease with subsequent development of severe tricuspid regurgitation due to thickening and restriction of the tricuspid leaflets. We present a patient who underwent successful heterotopic transcatheter tricuspid valve replacement for torrential tricuspid regurgitation due to carcinoid heart disease. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.).

SUBMITTER: Stolz L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9681668 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature