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How rare is isolated rheumatic tricuspid valve disease? [PDF]
, 2020 The incidence of rheumatic fever (RF) has markedly decreased in Europe since the beginning of the 20th century due to improved living conditions, early antibiotic therapy in streptococcal pharyngitis, and changes in serotypes of circulating streptococci.
Florescu, Cristina +4 more
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Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2010 ![Figure][1] [![Graphic][3] ][3][![Graphic][4] ][4][![Graphic][5] ][5] A 26-year-old man with a history of carcinoid and small-bowel resection presented with shortness of breath.
Hong, Susie N. +2 more
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Multimodality imaging in carcinoid heart disease
Open Heart, 2019 Neuroendocrine neoplasms arise from the gastrointestinal tract and can lead to carcinoid syndrome. Carcinoid heart disease affects more than half of these patients and is the initial presentation of carcinoid syndrome in up to 20 % of patients. Carcinoid
Ali M Agha +10 more
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Clinical Case Reports, 2022 Carcinoid heart disease is a rare condition that occurs in less than half of patients with carcinoid syndrome. The disease mainly affects right‐sided heart valves; however, in 5%–10%, it can also involve left‐sided valves.
Shirin Habibi Khorasani +6 more
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Somatostatin Analogues in the Treatment of Neuroendocrine Tumors: Past, Present and Future [PDF]
, 2019 In recent decades, the incidence of neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) has steadily increased. Due to the slow-growing nature of these tumors and the lack of early symptoms, most cases are diagnosed at advanced stages, when curative treatment options are no ...
Amthauer, Holger +8 more
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Diagnostics, 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.
Adela Șerban +6 more
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MEN1 Gene mutation and reduced expression are associated with poor prognosis in pulmonary carcinoids [PDF]
, 2014 Context: MEN1 gene alterations have been implicated in lung carcinoids, but their effect on gene expression and disease outcome is unknown. Objective: Our objective was to analyze MEN1 gene and expression anomalies in lung neuroendocrine neoplasms and ...
Corbo, Vicenzo +11 more
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Carcinoid Heart Disease: Early Outcomes after Surgical Valve Replacement in Nine Patients [PDF]
, 2018 Aim: To describe the early outcomes of carcinoid patients undergoing surgical heart valve replacement. Methods: In a retrospective study, records of patients with symptomatic carcinoid heart disease referred for valve surgery between 2012 and 2016 ...
Clark, Stephen, Mujtaba, Syed Saleem
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Carcinoid heart disease: the winking heart [PDF]
Heart Asia, 2013 A 70-year-old woman with a metastatic neuroendocrine tumour presented with heart failure. A 2D transthoracic echocardiogram (TTE) showed thickened, retracted and fixed tricuspid valve (TV) leaflets with free-flowing tricuspid regurgitation (figure 1A, online supplementary videos 1 and 2), and thickened and retracted pulmonary valve (PV) cusps with ...
Ana, García Martín +3 more
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Acta Médica Portuguesa, 2017 The carcinoid syndrome is rare but it is associated with carcinoid heart disease in more than a half of the cases. Carcinoid heart disease is typically characterised by morphological and functional modifications of right-sided valves.
Joana Simões-Pereira +3 more
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