Literature Search |
PubMed, EMBASE, Google Scholar, the Cochrane
Library, and Scopus |
Inclusion Criteria
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- Full-text articles published in English
- Focus on applications in neurology and neurosurgery
- Adult and paediatric populations
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Exclusion Criteria
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- Stand-alone abstracts
- Case reports
- Posters
- Unpublished or non-peer-reviewed studies
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Search Terms |
Keywords and phrases such as “Carcinoid Heart Disease,”
“Serotonin Heart Valve Disease,” “Neuroendocrine Tumours Cardiac
Complications,” “Carcinoid Tumours Heart,” “Right Heart Valve
Dysfunction Carcinoid,” “Cardiac Complications,” “Heart Valve
Dysfunction,” “Management of Carcinoid Heart Disease,” and
“Prognosis in Carcinoid Heart Disease.” |
Additional Search
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- Manual examination of references cited in recent disease-specific
reviews
- Encompassing diverse study designs:
● Descriptive studies
● Animal-model studies
● Cohort studies
● Observational studies
- Including investigations in both pre-clinical and clinical
settings
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