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The images are of the tricuspid valve and the pulmonic valve from the autopsy of a patient with mid-gut neuroendocrine carcinoma, carcinoid pattern, extensively metastatic to the liver.
Stephen A. Geller+1 more
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Carcinoid Heart Disease. [PDF]
Carcinoid heart disease (CHD) is a rare but potentially life-threatening sequela of advanced neuroendocrine neoplasm with carcinoid syndrome. These tumors can secrete vasoactive substances of which serotonin is the most prevalent. Carcinoid heart disease typically involves the right-sided heart valves and eventually leads to right heart failure ...
Kuhnly N+5 more
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Carcinoid Heart Disease Associated with Primary Ovarian Carcinoid Tumor: A Rare Presentation
Primary ovarian carcinoid tumors, an extremely rare subset of ovarian malignancies (
Rawaha Ahmad+4 more
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Carcinoid Heart Disease With Hypoxemia [PDF]
Patent foramen ovale (PFO) complicated with carcinoid heart disease (CHD) can cause severe hypoxia and worsening clinical conditions. We report the case of a patient with CHD in poor general condition with multiple severe valve regurgitations and PFO ...
Tomohiro Suenaga, MD+8 more
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Carcinoid Heart Disease-Induced Right-Sided Heart Failure as a Culprit for Significant Ascites [PDF]
The diagnosis of carcinoid heart disease as a cause of ascites can be hard to establish. We report a patient with well-differentiated neuroendocrine neoplasm of the liver who presented with high serum ascites albumin gradient and high protein ascites due
Yan Huang+3 more
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Use of perioperative telotristat in a patient with carcinoid heart disease [PDF]
Carcinoid heart disease is a rare complication of carcinoid syndrome, resulting in right-sided valvular heart disease and subsequent heart failure due to long-term exposure to vasoactive substances.
Maria Flynn+7 more
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The patient, C.P., is a 59-year-old woman who was diagnosed with metastatic carcinoid of the terminal ileum in May 2003. In June 2003, she underwent an extensive resection including hemicolectomy, cholecystectomy, distal pancreatectomy, and splenectomy with metastatic disease in her pancreas, mesentery, and liver.
Ingrid do Rosário+4 more
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Carcinoid Heart Disease and a Complicated Course of Progressive Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Neoplasia: A Case Report [PDF]
Introduction: Gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumours (GEP-NETs) are a relatively rare, heterogenous group of malignancies originating from secretory cells of the neuroendocrine system. Carcinoid syndrome is a complication of neuroendocrine tumours,
Farah Aliyah Mohd Nasri+2 more
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Multimodality imaging in carcinoid heart disease [PDF]
Neuroendocrine neoplasms arise from the gastrointestinal tract and can lead to carcinoid syndrome. Carcinoid heart disease affects more than half of these patients and is the initial presentation of carcinoid syndrome in up to 20 % of patients. Carcinoid
Ali M Agha+10 more
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Artificial intelligence-augmented analysis of contemporary procedural, mortality, and cost trends in carcinoid heart disease in a large national cohort with a focus on the "forgotten pulmonic valve". [PDF]
Background Carcinoid heart disease is increasingly recognized and challenging to manage due to limited outcomes data. This is the largest known cohort study of valvular pathology, treatment (including pulmonary and tricuspid valve replacements [PVR and ...
Monlezun DJ+19 more
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