Plasma CCN2/connective tissue growth factor is associated with right ventricular dysfunction in patients with neuroendocrine tumors

BACKGROUND: Carcinoid heart disease, a known complication of neuroendocrine tumors, is characterized by right heart fibrotic lesions. Carcinoid heart disease has traditionally been defined by the degree of valvular involvement. Right ventricular (RV) dysfunction due to mural involvement may also be...

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Autores principales: Bergestuen, Deidi Strickland, Gravning, Jørgen, Haugaa, Kristina Hermann, Sahakyan, Laura G, Aakhus, Svend, Thiis-Evensen, Espen, Øie, Erik, Aukrust, Pål, Attramadal, Håvard, Edvardsen, Thor
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3087327/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20053285
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2407-10-6

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3087327/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20053285
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2407-10-6

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