left-sided heart damage is uncommon (when it does occur, it may be related to the presence of a persistently patent foramen ovale). Occasionally, a similar process is seen in carcinoid disease ...

Carcinoid syndrome and carcinoid heart disease. Management. Symptomatic relief with somatostatin analog therapy and subsequent resection of the segment 3 liver metastasis. Tricuspid and pulmonary ...

Rheumatic valvular heart disease is the most common cause; however, carcinoid heart disease, connective tissue disorders (lupus) and cardiac tumors such as right atrial myxomas can cause tricuspid ...