Outcome of carcinoid heart syndrome in patients enrolled in the SwissNet cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Carcinoid heart disease is a rare disease which develops in patients with functional neuroendocrine tumors in an advanced tumor state. Patients diagnosed with carcinoid heart disease have a poor longtime prognosis with respect to morbidity and mortality and long-term data on patient outcomes are lacking.

Methods and results

In this retrospective study, we analyzed outcomes of 23 patients with carcinoid heart disease enrolled into the SwissNet database. We observed that early diagnosis with echocardiographic surveillance of carcinoid heart disease during the course of the neuroendocrine tumor disease was beneficial to overall survival of patients.

Conclusion

Through nationwide patient enrollment, the SwissNet registry is a powerful data tool to identify, fol

SUBMITTER: Grundmann E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10099832 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature