Carcinoid heart failure in a duodenal neuroendocrine tumor: role of cardiac surgery in a challenging patient and brief review of the literature

Acta Oncol. 2020 Mar;59(3):315-319. doi: 10.1080/0284186X.2019.1672891. Epub 2019 Oct 4.

Authors

Anna La Salvia¹, Maria Pia Brizzi¹, Elena Trevisi¹, Francesco Parisi², Leonardo Muratori¹, Francesco Atzeni³, Massimo Di Maio⁴, Giorgio V Scagliotti¹

Affiliations

¹ Medical Oncology, Department of Oncology, University of Turin, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria San Luigi, Orbassano, Turin, Italy.
² Cardiac Surgery, A.O. Ordine Mauriziano, Turin, Italy.
³ Cardiac Surgery, University of Turin, A.O. Ordine Mauriziano, Turin, Italy.
⁴ Medical Oncology, Department of Oncology, University of Turin, A.O. Ordine Mauriziano, Turin, Italy.

PMID: 31583924
DOI: 10.1080/0284186X.2019.1672891

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter
Review

MeSH terms

Carcinoid Tumor / complications*
Carcinoid Tumor / pathology
Cardiac Surgical Procedures / methods*
Duodenal Neoplasms / complications*
Duodenal Neoplasms / secondary
Female
Heart Failure / etiology*
Heart Failure / pathology
Heart Failure / surgery*
Humans
Middle Aged
Neuroendocrine Tumors / complications*
Neuroendocrine Tumors / pathology
Prognosis