[Carcinoid heart disease. Report of a case with triple valvular lesion (author's transl)].
A case of carcinoid syndrome, stemming from a tumor of the large intestine with hepatic metastases, is reported. Clinical features included cardiac disease with triple valvular lesion: tricuspid insufficiency with stenosis, pulmonary artery stenosis and mitral insufficiency. More recent views about the pathogenesis of the cardiac involvement in the carcinoid syndrome are reported, and the cardiac therapy is discussed.
D002275:Carcinoid Heart Disease / Q000150:complications*; D002430:Cecal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D008303:Malignant Carcinoid Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D008875:Middle Aged; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology; D011662:Pulmonary Subvalvular Stenosis / Q000209:etiology; D014262:Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology; D014264:Tricuspid Valve Stenosis / Q000209:etiology
Cardiopatia da carcinoide. Presentazione di un caso con triplice lesione valvolare.