[Echocardiographic detection of tricuspid insufficiency in carcinoid heart syndrome - case report].
This case report describes the echocardiographic documentation of a 60 year old patient with tricuspid regurgitation due to carcinoid heart disease. The carcinoid syndrome was histologically proven by liver metastases and by an increased 5-hydroxytryptamin secretion. Tricuspid involvement was echocardiographically documented by immobile, thickened leaflets. Diffuse endocardial thickening of the right chamber and pulmonary valve involvement was absent.
D002275:Carcinoid Heart Disease / Q000150:complications*; D004452:Echocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008303:Malignant Carcinoid Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D008875:Middle Aged; D014262:Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology
Echokardiographischer Nachweis einer Trikuspidalinsuffizienz bei Karzinoidsyndrom - Ein Fallbericht.