Carcinoid crisis and reversible right ventricular dysfunction after embolization in untreated carcinoid syndrome

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 386-389

  Majeed, Farhan ^a   Porter, Thomas R ^a   Tarantolo, Stefano ^a   Duhachek Stapelman, Amy ^a   Xie, Feng ^a   Elhendy, Abdou ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Carcinoid crisis; Right ventricle; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; AMIODARONE; CYPROHEPTADINE; DIGOXIN; DOBUTAMINE; OCTREOTIDE; SEROTONIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CARCINOID; CARCINOID SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DIARRHEA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FLUSHING; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER METASTASIS; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; SEROTONIN BLOOD LEVEL; TACHYCARDIA; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, HORMONAL; CARCINOID HEART DISEASE; CARCINOID TUMOR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCTREOTIDE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 34548306571     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: 15322114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euje.2006.04.008     Document Type: Article

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