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[Tricuspid and pulmonary valve in a case of carcinoid syndrome]
J M Alegret1, M T Subirana, E Marcuello
1Departamento de Cardiología, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona.
Revista Espanola De Cardiologia
|July 1, 1997
Abstract:
The presence of liver methastasis and serotonin in plasma in the carcinoid tumor are responsible for the carcinoid syndrome. We present a case of tricuspid and pulmonary valvular disease secondary to this syndrome. The finding of liver hyperechogenic nodules added to the described valvular disease by subcostal echocardiogram oriented the diagnosis.