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LEFT HEART INVOLVEMENT WITH CARDIAC SHUNT COMPLICATING CARCINOID HEART DISEASE
Author(s) -
MILLWARD M. J.,
BLAKE M. P.,
HUNG J.,
GIBSON P.,
BYRNE M. J.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.596
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-5994
pISSN - 0004-8291
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1989.tb00343.x
Subject(s) - carcinoid heart disease , medicine , patent foramen ovale , shunting , shunt (medical) , cardiology , right heart failure , heart failure , heart disease , right to left shunt , tricuspid valve , right heart , foramen ovale (heart) , pulmonary heart disease , carcinoid syndrome , migraine
The manifestations of carcinoid heart disease are usually right heart failure due to pulmonary and tricuspid valve disease and sometimes high output failure due to peripheral vasodilation. Recently there has been one case report of progressive central cyanosis due to right to left shunting through a patent foramen ovale. 1 We present a similar case where such a shunt developed and was also complicated by significant valvular disease affecting the left side of the heart.