
Although carcinoid syndrome is regarded as a rare entity, carcinoid patients with evidence of cardiac involvement show a markedly reduced survival time. Patients with advanced signs of right-sided heart failure represent a subgroup at particularly high risk. Echocardiography remains the gold standard to diagnose or confirm structural cardiac involvement in patients with underlying carcinoid disease. This is the notion that propelled us to report on cases of carcinoid syndrome with cardiac involvement. We also review carcinoid syndrome and carcinoid heart disease, and challenges regarding the diagnosis and management of carcinoid heart disease.
Adult, Aged, 80 and over, Male, Time Factors, Carcinoid Heart Disease, Case Reports, Middle Aged, Echocardiography, Doppler, Color, Fatal Outcome, Treatment Outcome, Humans, Female, Tomography, X-Ray Computed, Aged, Malignant Carcinoid Syndrome
Adult, Aged, 80 and over, Male, Time Factors, Carcinoid Heart Disease, Case Reports, Middle Aged, Echocardiography, Doppler, Color, Fatal Outcome, Treatment Outcome, Humans, Female, Tomography, X-Ray Computed, Aged, Malignant Carcinoid Syndrome
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