ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC DIAGNOSTICS OF CARCINOID HEART DISEASE

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC DIAGNOSTICS OF CARCINOID HEART DISEASE

<p>Background. Carcinoid heart disease is a rare heart disease which affects endocard and heart valves on the right side of heart. It affects only patients with manifested carcinoid syndrome, which is thought to be the consequence of secretory active metastases of carcinoid tumour. The carcino...

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Main Authors: Janez Ravnik, Maja Podlesnik, Saša Markovič, Mirta Koželj
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Slovenian Medical Association 2002-09-01
Series:Zdravniški Vestnik
Subjects:
carcinoid tumors
carcinoid syndrome
carcinoid heart disease
diagnostics
echocardiography
Online Access:http://vestnik.szd.si/index.php/ZdravVest/article/view/1619

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