Journal of the Indian Academy of Echocardiography & Cardiovascular Imaging (Jan 2017)

Carcinoid heart disease: A pictorial report

  • Amit Kumar,
  • Bharat Bansal,
  • Raj Kumar,
  • Rahul Mehrotra

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4103/jiae.JIAE_19_17
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 1, no. 1
pp. 69 – 69

Abstract

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Carcinoid tumors are rare, mostly seen in gastrointestinal tract and bronchus. Carcinoid heart disease occurs in up to half of these patients with characteristic involvement of right-sided valves.

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