Carcinoid heart disease with severe hypoxia due to interatrial shunt through patent foramen ovale.

AUTOR(ES)

Boglioli, L R

RESUMO

Carcinoid heart disease occurs in approximately half of patients who have carcinoid syndrome and is the leading cause of death among these patients. It is typically manifest as right-sided valvular lesions, usually tricuspid insufficiency and pulmonary valve stenosis. This case report describes the unusual presentation of a patient with carcinoid heart disease and a large right-to-left shunt through a patent foramen ovale.

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