Carcinoid syndrome diagnosed by echocardiography.
Right heart failure is a common presentation to both general physicians and cardiologists. Echocardiography is a useful investigation, and usually imaging of the liver is confined to helping estimate the right atrial pressure. We report a case of right heart failure where incidental imaging of the liver architecture during transoesophageal echocardiography helped in establishing the final diagnosis.
Garg
Scot
S
Bourantas
Christos V
CV
Nair
Rajesh K
RK
Alamgir
Farqad
F
D002275:Carcinoid Heart Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008303:Malignant Carcinoid Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D013004:Somatostatin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000627:therapeutic use
D013004:Somatostatin