The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 140, Issue 2 , Pages e23-e25 , August 2010

Surgical excision of right ventricular carcinoid tumor in a symptomatic patient without carcinoid valve disease

  • Basar Sareyyupoglu, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn
    • ,
  • Heidi M. Connolly, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn
    • ,
  • Hartzell V. Schaff, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Hartzell V. Schaff, MD, Mayo Clinic, Cardiothoracic Surgery Department, Joseph 5-200, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905.

Received 20 July 2009 ,Accepted 31 July 2009.

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 Disclosures: None.

PII: S0022-5223(09)01044-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.07.072

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 140, Issue 2 , Pages e23-e25 , August 2010

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