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2. Carcinoid syndrome - Wikipedia

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   Carcinoid heart disease is the result of valvular damage related to the vasoactive substances released by the neuroendocrine tumor reaching the right side of the heart. [5] This mainly affects the right side of the heart unless there is anomalous circulation (i.e. patent foramen ovale) because the lungs will metabolize the substances released ...

3. Carcinoid - Wikipedia

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   Potential causes of flushing in carcinoid syndrome include bradykinins, prostaglandins, tachykinins, substance P, and/or histamine, diarrhea, and heart problems. Because of serotonin's growth-promoting effect on cardiac myocytes, a serotonin-secreting carcinoid tumour may cause a tricuspid valve disease syndrome, due to the proliferation of ...

4. Neuroendocrine tumor - Wikipedia

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   Enterochromaffin cells, which give rise to carcinoid tumors, were identified in 1897 by Nikolai Kulchitsky and their secretion of serotonin was established in 1953 [105] when the "flushing" effect of serotonin had become clinically recognized. Carcinoid heart disease was identified in 1952, and carcinoid fibrosis in 1961. [105]

5. Cardiac fibrosis - Wikipedia

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   Certain diseases such as neuroendocrine tumor of the small intestine (also known by the obsolete term carcinoid), which sometimes release large amounts of 5-hydroxytryptamine, commonly known as 5-HT or serotonin into the blood, may produce a characteristic pattern of mostly right-sided cardiac fibrosis which can be identified with echocardiography.

6. What Is Heart Disease? Everything You Need to Know - AOL

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   Coronary Artery Disease. Coronary artery disease, or coronary heart disease, is the most common type of heart disease. It occurs when fatty deposits called plaques build up in your arteries ...

7. List of MeSH codes (C14) - Wikipedia

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   The following is a partial list of the "C" codes for Medical Subject Headings (MeSH), as defined by the United States National Library of Medicine (NLM).. This list continues the information at List of MeSH codes (C13).