2021/11/02 by Johannes Hofland, Angela Lamarca, Ángela Lamarca +13 · 5 citations
Medicine · #Lung Cancer Research Studies #Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Advances #Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
paper · pdf · doi:10.1111/jne.13060
openalex publication_date 2021/11/02 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29
BACKGROUND: This European Neuroendocrine Tumor Society (ENETS) Expert Consensus document aims to provide practical guidance and standardization for echocardiography in the screening and follow-up of carcinoid heart disease (CHD) in patients with a neuroendocrine tumour (NET) and carcinoid syndrome. METHODS: NET experts within the ENETS Carcinoid Heart Disease Task Force reviewed both general reporting guidelines and specialized scoring systems for transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) in CHD. Based on this review, a dedicated template report was designed by the multidisciplinary working group of cardiologists, oncologists, endocrinologists, gastroenterologists, surgeons and radiologists. RESULTS: We propose a Synoptic Reporting of Echocardiography in Carcinoid Heart Disease which represents an agreed peer reviewed proforma to capture information at the time of referral and enable a detailed outcome of CHD assessment. This includes a systematic and detailed list of structures to evaluate data to capture at the time of reporting of TTE. CONCLUSIONS: Adherence to these reporting guidelines aims to promote homogeneous and detailed evaluation of CHD to secure accurate assessment and allow comparison of studies performed intra- and inter-individually. These guidelines could also facilitate CHD assessment as part of prospective clinical trials to enable standardization of the findings seen in response to therapy.