Carcinoid Heart Disease From a Primary Liver Carcinoid Tumor

Juan Carlos Gudiño-González; César Alejandro Rodríguez-Salinas; Emma Purón-González; Edgar Ulises Coronado-Alejandro; Jorge Garcia-Aguilar

doi:10.1016/j.jaccas.2022.08.038

Carcinoid Heart Disease From a Primary Liver Carcinoid Tumor

JACC Case Rep. 2022 Oct 19;4(20):1360-1362. doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2022.08.038.

Authors

Juan Carlos Gudiño-González¹, César Alejandro Rodríguez-Salinas², Emma Purón-González², Edgar Ulises Coronado-Alejandro², Jorge Garcia-Aguilar¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, Christus Muguerza Hospital Alta Especialidad, University of Monterrey, Monterrey, México.
² Department of Internal Medicine, Christus Muguerza Hospital Alta Especialidad, University of Monterrey, Monterrey, México.

Abstract

Carcinoid heart disease (CaHD) is part of the carcinoid syndrome. Cardiac involvement is present in 20% to 60% of patients with carcinoid syndrome and is normally from liver metastasis. We report the case of a patient who presented with CaHD disease with an undiagnosed primary tumor or a possible primary liver carcinoid tumor. (Level of Difficulty: Advanced.).

Keywords: CT, computed tomography; CaHD, carcinoid heart disease; chronic heart failure; echocardiography; fibrosis; pulmonic valve; right ventricle; tricuspid valve.