title: Carcinoid Heart Disease without Severe Tricuspid Valve Involvement.
abstract: Carcinoid syndrome causes a rare form of acquired valvular heart disease which typically occurs in the setting of liver metastases. In carcinoid-induced valvular heart disease, the tricuspid valve is almost universally affected; left-sided valve disease occurs infrequently in affected patients. Herein, we report 2 cases of carcinoid-induced valvular heart disease; one case had no evidence of tricuspid valve involvement despite severe involvement of all other valves, while the other case was without severe tricuspid valve involvement.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn., USA.
authors.forename: Ammar M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Killu
authors.forename: Darrell B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Newman
authors.forename: William R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Miranda
authors.forename: Joseph J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Maleszewski
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pellikka
authors.forename: Hartzell V
authors.initials: HV
authors.lastname: Schaff
authors.forename: Heidi M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Connolly
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D002275:Carcinoid Heart Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D017379:Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D009102:Multiple Organ Failure / Q000209:etiology; D011665:Pulmonary Valve Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D014463:Ultrasonography