title: Surgical Treatment of an Isolated Metastatic Myocardial Neuroendocrine Tumor.
abstract: We describe a patient diagnosed with a neuroendocrine tumor of the small intestine metastatic to the heart who underwent successful cardiac metastasectomy. The tumor was located on the right ventricle free wall, obstructing the right ventricular outflow tract. There was no valvular involvement.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Cardiology, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, Florida. Electronic address: ccaldeira@factsurgery.com.
authors.forename: Christiano C B
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Caldeira
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Cardiology, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, Florida.
authors.forename: Dany
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sayad
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, Florida.
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Strosberg
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Cardiology, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, Florida.
authors.forename: Cristiano
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Faber
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Cardiology, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, Florida.
authors.forename: Samer
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Saouma
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Cardiology, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, Florida.
authors.forename: Tabitha
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Michaud
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007414:Intestinal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D059146:Metastasectomy; D018358:Neuroendocrine Tumors / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*