The Role of Echocardiography in the Diagnosis of Cardiac Involvement in a Rare Systemic Condition: The Carcinoid Heart Disease: A Case Report and Review of Literature.
Adela ȘerbanAlexandra Dădârlat-PopRaluca TomoaiaClaudia HagiuDan AxenteValer DoncaMihai SuceveanuPublished in: Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) (2022)
Carcinoid heart disease is a rare presentation of the carcinoid syndrome, which is caused by excessive tumoral hormone production and the abundant release of vasoactive substances with systemic expressions. A 62-year-old woman presented with flushing, diarrhea, weight loss, and right-sided heart failure symptoms. Specific carcinoid heart disease features were identified using transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography at the tricuspid and pulmonic valves. Biomarkers, 99mTc-Tektrotyd scintigraphy, SPECT-CT, and a biopsy later confirmed the diagnosis, and the patient began treatment for the underlying condition.
Keyphrases
- pulmonary hypertension
- left ventricular
- heart failure
- weight loss
- case report
- computed tomography
- aortic valve
- aortic stenosis
- bariatric surgery
- mitral valve
- pet ct
- aortic valve replacement
- cardiac resynchronization therapy
- image quality
- weight gain
- roux en y gastric bypass
- atrial fibrillation
- drinking water
- contrast enhanced
- magnetic resonance imaging
- positron emission tomography
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- gastric bypass
- adipose tissue
- metabolic syndrome
- body mass index
- magnetic resonance
- drug induced
- clostridium difficile
- physical activity
- sleep quality
- skeletal muscle
- depressive symptoms
- replacement therapy