eRAM
encyclopedia of Rare Disease Annotation for Precision Medicine
| Disease | carcinoid syndrome |
| Comorbidity | C0018799|heart disease |
| Sentences | 8 |
| PubMedID- 21493110 | Hepatic resection for the carcinoid syndrome in patients with severe carcinoid heart disease: does valve replacement permit safe hepatic resection. |
| PubMedID- 21296329 | The development of valvular heart disease in patients with carcinoid syndrome is thought to be related to the secretion of vasoactive substances by a tumor. |
| PubMedID- 22679400 | Due to frequent carcinoid heart disease (30–60% of patients with carcinoid syndrome), every patient with carcinoid syndrome should have cardiac imaging. |
| PubMedID- 21316509 | Carcinoid heart disease without the carcinoid syndrome but with quadrivalvular regurgitation and unsuccessful operative intervention. |
| PubMedID- 24069222 | Bhattacharyya et al[12] and subsequently korse et al[10], found similar cut-off levels of 260 pg/ml and 280 pg/ml for the detection of carcinoid heart disease in patients with carcinoid syndrome. |
| PubMedID- 22641985 | carcinoid syndrome is often complicated by carcinoid heart disease. |
| PubMedID- 23834689 | Carcinoid heart disease develops in patients with carcinoid syndrome and is commonly associated with the development of right-sided valve dysfunction and signs of symptoms of right heart failure. |
| PubMedID- 24325922 | This article reviews the basic and clinical features of heart disease associated with carcinoid syndrome, with an emphasis on its principal imaging modalities. |
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