Carcinoid syndrome: Carcinoid heart disease is a rare, metastatic disease that occurs predominantly in the right heart. The tricuspid and pulmonic valves are affected, leading to right heart failure, which results in increased morbidity and mortality. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Carcinoid syndrome is available below.
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Prognosis for Carcinoid syndrome: Carcinoid heart disease may ultimately result in cardiac insufficiency, usually with right-sided heart failure.
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Carcinoid syndrome is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Carcinoid syndrome, or a subtype of Carcinoid syndrome,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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