ORIGINAL ARTICLE
MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING DIAGNOSIS OF CARCINOID HEART DISEASE
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Hacettepe University, School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
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Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Department of Radiology, Boston, USA
Online publication date: 2008-01-15
Publication date: 2008-01-15
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Servet Tatlı
Radiology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 75 Francis St., Boston, MA 02115
Phone: 617-525-7916, Fax: 617-732-6304
Eur J Gen Med 2008;5(1):54-56
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ABSTRACT
Carcinoid heart disease is a rare complication of metastatic carcinoid. We present a 46-year-old woman who had metastatic carcinoid and progressive right heart failure. Cardiac MR imaging was helpful in the detection of the extent of the cardiac disease.