Primary ovarian carcinoid heart disease curatively treated with a two-stage procedure.
Primary ovarian carcinoid disease with cardiac involvement is a very rare syndrome, which requires interdisciplinary management. We report on a patient with primary ovarian carcinoid tumor with severe tricuspid valve insufficiency who was curatively treated after successful tumor resection and tricuspid valve replacement.
Bonaros
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Department of Cardiac Surgery, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria. nikolaos.bonaros@uibk.ac.at
Müller
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S
Bonatti
J
J
Kafka
R
R
Tzankov
A
A
Bale
R
R
Bartel
T
T
D000368:Aged; D002275:Carcinoid Heart Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D005260:Female; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D010052:Ovariectomy; D018579:Patient Selection; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014262:Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*