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Carcinoid Heart Disease: Eight-Year Survival Following Tricuspid Valve Replacement and Pulmonary Valvotomy |
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| Authors: | Nicholas Hendel Bruce Leckie John Richards |
| Affiliation: | From the Cardiothoracic Surgical Unit, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia |
| Abstract: | 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. |
| Keywords: | Address reprint requests to Mr. Leckie Level 6 Page Chest Pavilion Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Missenden Road Camperdown 2050 Sydney NSW Australia |
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