Abstract

RESTREPO M., Gustavo; LONDONO C., Alexander; TAMAYO A., Natalia  and  BLANQUICETT, Marco L.. Multivalvular carcinoid heart disease. Rev. Colomb. Cardiol. [online]. 2015, vol.22, n.5, pp.249-252. ISSN 0120-5633.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rccar.2015.05.007.

A 67 year-old man is sent to echocardiographic assessment for 6 month history of exertional: dyspnea, edema of the lower extremities, fatigue, double lesions in tricuspid valve with: severe stenosis and severe regurgitation, severe pulmonary valve regurgitation; and left side valvular disease with: severe aortic regurgitation and severe mitral regurgitation, all of them associated with valvular thickening, rigidity, in a patient with history of neuroendocrine tumor, with lung and liver metastases. This case discuss the echocardiographic findings suggestive of carcinoid multivalvular and left side valvular disease as unusual finding in this rare syndrome.

Keywords : Echocardiography; Tumor; Valvular regurgitation; Valvular stenosis.

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