Copyright © 1985 by the European Society of Cardiology.
© 1985 The European Society of Cardiology
Carcinoid heart disease: A Doppler echocardiographic report
Servicio de Cardiologia, Centro Especial Ramon y Cajal, Carretera de Comenar km 9, 100 Madrid-34, Spain
Received 3 January 1985; revised 10 April 1985; .
Abstract
This paper describes the two-dimensional echocardiographic and pulsed Doppler findings in a 25-year-old man with tricuspid insufficiency due to carcinoid heart involvement. A hypothesis explaining the time sequence of the carcinoid valve involvement is suggested.
Key Words: Carcinoid syndrome tricuspid insufficiency two-dimensional echocardiography pulsed Doppler