title: Carcinoid heart disease associated with primary ovarian carcinoid tumor.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Diseases and Cardiovascular Surgery, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
authors.forename: Nithima
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Chaowalit
authors.forename: Heidi M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Connolly
authors.forename: Hartzell V
authors.initials: HV
authors.lastname: Schaff
authors.forename: Maurice J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Webb
authors.forename: Patricia A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Pellikka
mesh_terms: 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