 Carcinoid Heart Disease
"Carcinoid Heart Disease" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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Cardiac manifestation of gastrointestinal CARCINOID TUMOR that metastasizes to the liver. Substances secreted by the tumor cells, including SEROTONIN, promote fibrous plaque formation in ENDOCARDIUM and its underlying layers. These deposits cause distortion of the TRICUSPID VALVE and the PULMONARY VALVE eventually leading to STENOSIS and valve regurgitation.
| Descriptor ID |
D002275
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C04.557.465.625.650.200.500.205 C04.557.470.200.025.200.500.205 C04.557.580.625.650.200.500.205 C14.280.104
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| Concept/Terms |
Carcinoid Heart Disease- Carcinoid Heart Disease
- Carcinoid Heart Diseases
- Heart Disease, Carcinoid
- Heart Diseases, Carcinoid
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| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Carcinoid Heart Disease" by people in Profiles.
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Lenneman C, Harrison D, Davis SL, Kondapalli L. Current Practice in Carcinoid Heart Disease and Burgeoning Opportunities. Curr Treat Options Oncol. 2022 12; 23(12):1793-1803.
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Hassan SA, Banchs J, Iliescu C, Dasari A, Lopez-Mattei J, Yusuf SW. Carcinoid heart disease. Heart. 2017 10; 103(19):1488-1495.
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