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Quadruple Valve Replacement for Carcinoid Heart Disease

Monday, November 25, 2024

Clark S, Sundararaaja Ravikumar M, Mutjeba S, et al. Quadruple Valve Replacement for Carcinoid Heart Disease. November 2024. doi:10.25373/ctsnet.27902466

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The authors demonstrate a quadruple valve replacement in a patient with carcinoid heart disease causing severe regurgitation of all four heart valves and poor left ventricular (LV) function. To date, only 11 quadruple valve replacements have been performed in the United Kingdom, and 85 percent of UK units have no experience with this operation. This case is one of four successful cases undertaken in the surgeons’ unit in the last five years. It is the world’s first use of the Edwards Mitris Resilia valve in the tricuspid position and the world’s first use of Edwards Resilia valves in all four positions. 

The authors demonstrate the techniques used, including patch augmentation of the right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT) to facilitate pulmonary valve implantation. The operation was successful, and the patient is now home in NYHA class I. 


References

  1. Bhattacharyya S, Davar J, Dreyfus G, Caplin ME. Carcinoid heart disease. Circulation. 2007 Dec 11;116(24):2860-5. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.701367. PMID: 18071089.

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Comments

Great case and great video with good views of the valves and procedure. Could you have taken the clamp off after replacing the left sided valves and do the tricuspid and pulmonary valves on beating heart while it is being perfused to avoid severe biventricular dysfunction??

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