The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 30, 391-395, Copyright © 1980 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Carcinoid heart disease: eight-year survival following tricuspid valve replacement and pulmonary valvotomy
N Hendel, B Leckie and J Richards
A 34-year-old man with carcinoid heart disease underwent tricuspid valve
replacement and pulmonary valvotomy with enlargement of the right
ventricular outflow tract in October, 1972. He has no cardiac symptoms
eight years after operation. Only four previous successful valve
replacements in patients with this condition have been reported.