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Carcinoid tumors: echocardiographic contribution to the diagnosis.

Carcinoid tumors are rare, most commonly originating from the neuroendocrine cells in the gastrointestinal tract. Carcinoid syndrome is characterized by flushing, diarrhea, and bronchospasm. Half of these patients have carcinoid heart disease, affecting the right side of the heart, causing tricuspid and pulmonary regurgitation and stenosis and subsequently right heart failure.73-year-old female was admitted wit...