Diseases

Carcinoid Heart Disease

Cardiac manifestation of gastrointestinal CARCINOID TUMOR that metastasizes to the liver. Substances secreted by the tumor cells, including SEROTONIN, promote fibrous plaque formation in ENDOCARDIUM and its underlying layers. These deposits cause distortion of the TRICUSPID VALVE and the PULMONARY VALVE eventually leading to STENOSIS and valve regurgitation.

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Abstract

Cardiac manifestation of gastrointestinal CARCINOID TUMOR that metastasizes to the liver. Substances secreted by the tumor cells, including SEROTONIN, promote fibrous plaque formation in ENDOCARDIUM and its underlying layers. These deposits cause distortion of the TRICUSPID VALVE and the PULMONARY VALVE eventually leading to STENOSIS and valve regurgitation.

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3 entry terms
  • Carcinoid Heart Diseases
  • Heart Disease, Carcinoid
  • Heart Diseases, Carcinoid

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35 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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History Note

91(75)(64-72); was see under MALIGNANT CARCINOID SYNDROME 1964-90 (Prov 1964-72)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Carcinoid Heart Disease. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D002275. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D002275
  2. Carcinoid Heart Disease. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3843792