echocardiographic diagnostics of carcinoid heart disease

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Abstract

Background. Carcinoid heart disease is a rare heart disease which affects endocard and heart valves on the right side of heart. It affects only patients with manifested carcinoid syndrome, which is thought to be the consequence of secretory active metastases of carcinoid tumour. The carcinoid endocardial plaques cause structural changes of tricuspid and pulmonic valve and later on their stenosis and/or insufficiency.

Patients and methods. In this article we introduce a carcinoid valve heart disease (CVHD) scoring system for easier end exact echocardiographic diagnostics. Four echocardiographic parameters are beeing estimated: structural changes of tricuspid valve, tricuspid valve regurgitation, stenosis of pulmonic valve and pulmonic valve regurgitation.

Conclusions. The scoring system allows us to make an early diagnosis and evaluation of progression of carcinoid heart disease, which is very important for planning the treatment process. Our experiences confirm the usefulness of this scoring system in echocardiographic follow–up of patients with carcinoid syndrome.

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Authors ;Janez Ravnik;Maja Podlesnik;Saša Markovič;Mirta Koželj
Journal planta medica
Year 2002
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Keywords
diagnostics carcinoid heart disease echocardiographymedicine carcinoid syndrome

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