Incidental Diagnosis of Carcinoid Disease by Intraoperative Transesophageal Echocardiography and Subsequent Discovery of a Neuroendocrine Tumor during Cardiac Surgery

ABSTRACT: Graphical abstract Highlights • Carcinoid heart disease typically involves the right-sided valves of the heart.• Carcinoid valves are fixed and retracted with limited mobility.• Pathognomonic appearance of valves increases carcinoid likelihood.• Carcinoid diagnosis has intraoperative implications.

SUBMITTER: Martin A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7451913 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature