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New images in carcinoid heart disease: case report

Echocardiography is the main imaging technique in diagnosing and follow-up of carcinoid heart disease, but in the last decade magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has evolved into new diagnostic modality. Most of reported MRI features are similar to those observed by echocardiography - tricuspid and/or pulmonary valve thickening and immobility with consequent valvular dysfunction and right heart enlargement. According to our knowledge this is the first report describing endocardial enhancement of right cardiac chambers, tricuspid valve and subvalvular apparatus that corresponds to fibrous carcinoid plaques which can be seen histologically.

carcinoid heart disease; magnetic resonance imaging; echocardiography

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