Bioprosthetic Pulmonary and Tricuspid Valve Replacement in Carcinoid Heart Disease From Ovarian Primary Cancer

Abstract

Carcinoid tumors usually originate in the gastrointestinal tract, but in rare instances they may arise in other organs. A patient with severe tricuspid and pulmonary regurgitation because of carcinoid syndrome successfully underwent double valve replacement using bioprostheses. The patient was finally diagnosed with carcinoid heart disease from an isolated ovarian carcinoid cancer. The diagnosis of carcinoid syndrome should be recognized as an etiology in patients with organic tricuspid and pulmonary regurgitation without left valvular disease. (Circ J 2009; 73: 1554-1556)