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Ablation of typical atrial flutter as therapeutic component in carcinoid heart disease: a case report

Susann Groschke¹, Rolf Weinert¹, Björn Becker¹

¹Heart Center, Segeberger Kliniken GmbH (Academic Teaching Hospital of the Universities of Kiel, Lübeck and Hamburg), Am Kurpark 1, 23795, Bad Segeberg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Journal of Medical Case Reports

|February 2, 2022

Abstract

Background:

Carcinoid heart disease is the cardiac manifestation of carcinoid syndrome. There is limited research on rhythm management in patients with carcinoid heart disease. The association of typical atrial flutter and carcinoid heart disease in particular is poorly described.

Case Presentation:

Here we present a case of a 77-year-old German woman with carcinoid heart disease and recurrent typical atrial flutter complicating the postoperative course after tricuspid valve replacement and its successful long-term rhythm control by ablation therapy.

Conclusion:

There is limited evidence on rhythm management in patients with the rare diagnosis of carcinoid heart disease. Typical atrial flutter repeatedly complicated the postoperative course of our patient with carcinoid heart disease and could finally be treated curatively by ablation. Radiofrequency ablation should be considered as a valuable therapeutic component in the challenging therapy of this disease.

Keywords:

Ablation Carcinoid heart disease Hedinger syndrome Neuroendocrine tumor Typical atrial flutter

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