Late-onset multivalvular carcinoid heart disease [PDF]
We present a 60-year-old man with an 11-year history of an ileocecal neuroendocrine tumor (NET) with a 1% proliferation index (Ki-67) and carcinoid syndrome (CS ...
Kristian Rivera +4 more
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Managing end-stage carcinoid heart disease: A case report and literature review [PDF]
BACKGROUND Gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms (GEP-NENs) are rare tumors, often diagnosed in an advanced stage when curative treatment is impossible and grueling symptoms related to vasoactive substance release by tumor cells affect patients’
Nikola Bulj +2 more
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Carcinoid heart disease in patients with advanced small-intestinal neuroendocrine tumors and carcinoid syndrome: a retrospective experience from two European referral centers [PDF]
Laura Algeri +19 more
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Carcinoid heart disease revealed by cyanosis with both right and left valvular involvement: a case report [PDF]
Background Carcinoid heart disease is a frequent complication of carcinoid syndrome. It is related to the release by the carcinoid tumor and/or its metastases of bioactive substances such as serotonin.
Khadija Khay +4 more
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Does Telotristat Have a Role in Preventing Carcinoid Heart Disease? [PDF]
Carcinoid heart disease (CHD) is a frequent and life-threatening complication in patients with carcinoid tumors. Its clinical management is challenging is some cases since serotonin-induced valve fibrosis leads to heart failure.
A. Herrera-Martínez +7 more
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Prevalence, one-year-incidence and predictors of carcinoid heart disease [PDF]
Background Carcinoid heart disease (CHD) caused by neuroendocrine tumours (NET) is associated with an increased morbidity and mortality due to valvular dysfunction and right sided heart failure.
Isabel Mattig +6 more
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Carcinoid Heart Disease: Early Outcomes after Surgical Valve Replacement in Nine Patients [PDF]
Aim: To describe the early outcomes of carcinoid patients undergoing surgical heart valve replacement. Methods: In a retrospective study, records of patients with symptomatic carcinoid heart disease referred for valve surgery between 2012 and 2016 ...
Syed Saleem Mujtaba, Stephen Clark
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Carcinoid Heart Disease Management: A Multi-Disciplinary Collaboration [PDF]
Carcinoid heart disease (CaHD) is an important complication among patients with metastatic neuroendocrine tumors and carcinoid syndrome (CS). CS patients (25%-65%) eventually develop CaHD; these patients face a significantly increased risk of morbidity ...
Satya Das +2 more
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Bioprosthetic valve monitoring in patients with carcinoid heart disease [PDF]
Background Carcinoid heart disease (CnHD) is a frequent cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with neuroendocrine tumors and carcinoid syndrome. Although valve replacement surgery appears to decrease all-cause mortality in patients with advanced ...
Kevin A. Honan +21 more
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The carcinoid syndrome is rare but it is associated with carcinoid heart disease in more than a half of the cases. Carcinoid heart disease is typically characterised by morphological and functional modifications of right-sided valves.
Joana Simões-Pereira +3 more
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