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Survival trends in the management of carcinoid heart disease among patients with neuroendocrine neoplasms [PDF]

Cardio-Oncology
Background Nearly 20% of patients with neuroendocrine tumors (NET) develop carcinoid syndrome (CS), and 20–25% of those with CS develop carcinoid heart disease (CHD).
Sarah Jung, Rebecca Steinberg, Angel Ji, Jeffrey M Switchenko, Anant Mandawat, Daniel M. Halperin, Olatunji B. Alese   +6 more
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Complex Tricuspid and Pulmonic Carcinoid Heart Disease With Timely Surgical Repair [PDF]

Texas Heart Institute Journal
A 63-year-old man with a history of hypertension, prediabetes, and sleep apnea presented with pedal edema, weight loss, and flushing. Laboratory work revealed elevated B-type natriuretic peptide and normocytic anemia.
John Hollowed, MD, Hawkin Woo, MD, Solomon Hamburg, MD, PhD, Abbas Ardehali, MD   +3 more
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Carcinoid Heart Disease With Hypoxemia [PDF]

JACC: Case Reports
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, Kenichi Ishizu, MD, Miho Nakamura, MD, Toru Morofuji, MD, Takashi Morinaga, MD, Masaomi Hayashi, MD, Akihiro Isotani, MD, Shinichi Shirai, MD, Kenji Ando, MD   +8 more
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Ablation of typical atrial flutter as therapeutic component in carcinoid heart disease: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2022
Background Carcinoid heart disease is the cardiac manifestation of carcinoid syndrome. There is limited research on rhythm management in patients with carcinoid heart disease.
Susann Groschke, Rolf Weinert, Björn Becker, Gert Richardt, Ralph Tölg, Leon Iden, Martin Borlich   +6 more
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A forgotten diagnosis in right heart failure: A case report and literature review

Clinical Case Reports, 2021
Carcinoid heart disease is a well‐known complication of carcinoid syndrome that affects morbidity and mortality. Carcinoid heart disease may be asymptomatic in the early stages; therefore, patients with carcinoid syndrome should be screened to prevent ...
Azin Alizadehasl, Bahar Galeshi, Mehdi Peighambari, Hamidreza Pouraliakbar, Maryam Moradian, Arash Hashemi   +5 more
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Right and Left-Sided Carcinoid Heart Disease in the Setting of Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor Use

JACC: Case Reports, 2020
Carcinoid heart disease is a complication of carcinoid syndrome. The role of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors in carcinoid heart disease is unclear. We present a case of refractory heart failure due to right- and left-sided carcinoid heart disease
Jennifer Bell, MD, Maad Alhudairy, MD, Vera Kazakova, MD, Michael Johnstone, MD, Lana Tsao, MD   +4 more
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Hedinger Syndrome with Intraoperative Carcinoid Crisis — Understanding the Pathophysiology for a Successful Management

Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery, 2021
Carcinoid tumors can be a cause for right heart valve disease, also known as Hedinger syndrome or carcinoid heart disease. Proper understanding of the pathophysiology is of the uttermost importance for adequate treatment of these patients, especially ...
Albert Franz Guerrero-Becerra, Juan Sebastián Frías-Ordoñez, Sergio A Higuera, Laura Patricia Gutiérrez-Soriano, Juan Camilo Giraldo   +4 more
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Outcome of carcinoid heart syndrome in patients enrolled in the SwissNet cohort

BMC Cancer, 2023
Background Carcinoid heart disease is a rare disease which develops in patients with functional neuroendocrine tumors in an advanced tumor state. Patients diagnosed with carcinoid heart disease have a poor longtime prognosis with respect to morbidity and
Eva Grundmann, Alessandra Curioni-Fontecedro, Emanuel Christ, Alexander R. Siebenhüner   +3 more
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Multimodality imaging in carcinoid heart disease

Open Heart, 2019
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, Cezar A Iliescu, Saamir Hassan, Nicolas L Palaskas, Greg Gladish, Peter Y Kim, Juan Lopez-Mattei, Teodora Donisan, Dinu Balanescu, Jose Banchs, Syed Yusuf   +10 more
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Multimodality imaging in the diagnostic approach to a patient with carcinoid heart disease involving four heart valves

Clinical Case Reports, 2022
Carcinoid heart disease is a rare condition that occurs in less than half of patients with carcinoid syndrome. The disease mainly affects right‐sided heart valves; however, in 5%–10%, it can also involve left‐sided valves.
Shirin Habibi Khorasani, Mozhgan Parsaee, Niloufar Samiei, Mahshid Hesami, Feridoun Noohi, Saeid Hosseini, Golnaz Houshmand   +6 more
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