title: [Heart involvement in carcinoid syndrome].
abstract: In about 50% of the cases, the carcinoid syndrome is complicated with cardiac lesions. These predominate in the right heart and consist of tricuspid and/or pulmonary valve disease, and endocarditis of the right atrium or ventricle. Two-dimensional echocardiography provides and early and accurate diagnosis of these lesions, so that surgical correction, if possible, can be performed before right cardiac failure with its high mortality rate develops.
mesh_terms: D002275:Carcinoid Heart Disease / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D004452:Echocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism; D008303:Malignant Carcinoid Syndrome / Q000473:pathology*; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology; D014261:Tricuspid Valve / Q000473:pathology; D014262:Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency / Q000175:diagnosis
vernacular_title: Les atteintes cardiaques du syndrome carcinoïdien.