Carcinoid heart disease associated with primary ovarian carcinoid tumor.
Because the venous drainage of the ovary bypasses the portal circulation, carcinoid heart disease in patients with primary ovarian carcinoid tumors may develop in the absence of liver metastasis. We describe 4 patients who presented with symptomatic carcinoid heart disease in association with primary ovarian carcinoid tumor.
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Nithima
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Division of Cardiovascular Diseases and Cardiovascular Surgery, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
Connolly
Heidi M
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Schaff
Hartzell V
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Webb
Maurice J
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Pellikka
Patricia A
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002275:Carcinoid Heart Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging