Hedinger Syndrome
The Hedinger syndrome is a part of the carcinoid syndrome resulting endocardial fibrosis of the right heart which the tricuspid and pulmonary stenosis (both forms of heart valve damage may) lead. These changes are most likely caused by the tissue hormone serotonin , which is released into the bloodstream in non-physiologically high quantities by certain functionally active carcinoid tumors.
literature
- A. Daigeler, R. Imoberdorf, A. Haller: Carcinoid tumor with carcinoid heart disease: the rare case of Hedinger syndrome without hepatic metastases. In: Int J Cardiol . 2003 Dec, 92 (2-3), pp. 295-296, PMID 14659868 .
- AM Bernheim, HM Connolly, TJ Hobday, MD Abel, PA. Pellikka: Carcinoid heart disease. In: Prog Cardiovasc Dis. 2007 May-Jun, 49 (6), pp. 439-451, PMID 17498524 .
