Quadruple Valve Replacement in Carcinoid Heart Disease: A Case Report. [PDF]
Cureus, 2023 This report details a rare case of left-sided carcinoid heart disease (CHD). In CHD, vasoactive substances released from carcinoid tumors cause fibrous tissue formation on the right side of the heart. These substances are usually inactivated by monoamine
Beyer M, Kasarla R, Shoap S, Beyer E.
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A forgotten diagnosis in right heart failure: A case report and literature review [PDF]
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 +5 more
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Molecular biology of carcinoid heart disease: Seeking therapeutic targets in the era of targeted therapy. [PDF]
Medicine (Baltimore), 2023 Carcinoid tumors (CT) are among the least studied tumors. It is a relatively rare and slow-growing tumor with good survival in its primary form. However, metastatic carcinoid tumor comes up with many different complications contributing to increased ...
Khan SA +6 more
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Ablation of typical atrial flutter as therapeutic component in carcinoid heart disease: a case report [PDF]
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 +6 more
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Metastatic well differentiated serotonin-producing pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor with carcinoid heart disease: a case report. [PDF]
J Gastrointest Oncol, 2023 Background Less than two percent of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) produce serotonin. Serotonin can cause carcinoid syndrome and less commonly carcinoid heart disease (CHD).
Kudelka MR +10 more
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Acta Médica Portuguesa, 2017 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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The Role of Transthoracic Echocardiography for Assessment of Mortality in Patients with Carcinoid Heart Disease Undergoing Valve Replacement. [PDF]
Cancers (Basel), 2023 Simple Summary A proportion of patients with neuroendocrine tumours develop carcinoid syndrome and subsequent carcinoid heart disease (CHD). Valve replacement is indicated for patients with CHD when there is severe regurgitation and symptoms or evidence ...
Brooke A +9 more
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Analysis of Patients with NET G1/G2 Neuroendocrine Tumors of the Small Intestine in the Course of Carcinoid Heart Disease-A Retrospective Study. [PDF]
J Clin Med, 2023 Neuroendocrine neoplasms of the small intestine (SI-NENs) are one of the most commonly recognized gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms (GEP-NENs).
Konsek-Komorowska SJ +6 more
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European Neuroendocrine Tumor Society (ENETS) 2022 Guidance Paper for Carcinoid Syndrome and Carcinoid Heart Disease. [PDF]
J Neuroendocrinol, 2022 Carcinoid Heart Disease Clinic, Department of Cardiology, Royal Free Hospital & University College London, London, UK Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Endocrinology, ENETS Center of Excellence, Erasmus MC and Erasmus Cancer Institute ...
Grozinsky-Glasberg S +13 more
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Multimodality imaging in the diagnostic approach to a patient with carcinoid heart disease involving four heart valves [PDF]
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 +6 more
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