Carcinoid Crisis–Induced Acute Systolic Heart Failure

Manoj V. Maddali, MD; Catherine Chiu, MD; Emily R. Cedarbaum, MD; Vidhushei Yogeswaran, MD; Mohamed Seedahmed, MD; Wendy Smith, MD; Emily Bergsland, MD; Nicholas Fidelman, MD; Jamie L.W. Kennedy, MD

JACC: Case Reports (Nov 2020)

Carcinoid Crisis–Induced Acute Systolic Heart Failure

Manoj V. Maddali, MD,
Catherine Chiu, MD,
Emily R. Cedarbaum, MD,
Vidhushei Yogeswaran, MD,
Mohamed Seedahmed, MD,
Wendy Smith, MD,
Emily Bergsland, MD,
Nicholas Fidelman, MD,
Jamie L.W. Kennedy, MD

Affiliations

Manoj V. Maddali, MD: Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California; Address for correspondence: Dr. Manoj V. Maddali, University of California-San Francisco, 505 Parnassus Avenue, Room M-1480, Box 0119, San Francisco, California 94143.
Catherine Chiu, MD: Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, California
Emily R. Cedarbaum, MD: Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, California
Vidhushei Yogeswaran, MD: Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California
Mohamed Seedahmed, MD: Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy and Sleep Medicine, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, California
Wendy Smith, MD: Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, California
Emily Bergsland, MD: Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, California
Nicholas Fidelman, MD: Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, California
Jamie L.W. Kennedy, MD: Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, California

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 13
pp. 2068 – 2071

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Carcinoid crisis is a life-threatening manifestation of carcinoid syndrome characterized by profound autonomic instability in the setting of catecholamine release from stress, tumor manipulation, or anesthesia. Here, we present an unusual case of carcinoid crisis leading to acute systolic heart failure requiring mechanical circulatory support. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.)

Published in JACC: Case Reports

ISSN: 2666-0849 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/jacc-case-reports

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