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Carcinoid heart disease – characteristic echocardiographic findings
DOI 10.1055/s-0028-1085802
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Autor:innenM Klobučiæ, J Čerkez-Habek
ZeitschriftUltraschall in der Medizin - European Journal of Ultrasound
Ausgabe10/2008
Jahrgang / SeitenNicht angegeben
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Abstract-Vorschau
Fifty percent of patients with florid carcinoid symptoms show signs of cardiac involvement. Majority of these patients present with signs of right heart failure secondary to severe dysfunction of the tricuspid and pulmonary valves due to formation of endocardial plaques of fibrous tissue which results in distortion of the valves leading to either stenosis, regurgitation, or both. Summary: We present images of the ty…
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M Klobučiæ, J Čerkez-Habek (2008) Carcinoid heart disease – characteristic echocardiographic findings. Ultraschall in der Medizin - European Journal of Ultrasound (10). https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0028-1085802
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