Martin A, Wanat-Hawthorne A, Sanjeevaiah A, Doolabh N, Joshi RV. Incidental Diagnosis of Carcinoid Disease by Intraoperative Transesophageal Echocardiography and Subsequent Discovery of a Neuroendocrine Tumor during Cardiac Surgery.
ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2020;
4:216-220. [PMID:
32875185 PMCID:
PMC7451913 DOI:
10.1016/j.case.2020.05.003]
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Abstract
Carcinoid heart disease typically involves the right-sided valves of the heart.
Carcinoid valves are fixed and retracted with limited mobility.
Pathognomonic appearance of valves increases carcinoid likelihood.
Carcinoid diagnosis has intraoperative implications.
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