Nicholas G Kounis, Ming-Yow Hung, Cesare de Gregorio, Virginia Mplani, Christos Gogos, Stelios F Assimakopoulos, Panagiotis Plotas, Periklis Dousdampanis, Sophia N Kouni, Anastasopoulou Maria, Grigorios Tsigkas, Ioanna Koniari
Cancer therapy can result in acute cardiac events, such as coronary artery spasm, acute myocardial infarction, thromboembolism, myocarditis, bradycardia, tachyarrhythmias, atrio-ventricular blocks, QT prolongation, torsades de pointes, pericardial effusion, and hypotension, as well as chronic conditions, such as hypertension, and systolic and diastolic left ventricular dysfunction presenting clinically as heart failure or cardiomyopathy. In cardio-oncology, when referring to cardiac toxicity and cardiovascular hypersensitivity, there is a great deal of misunderstanding...
March 18, 2024: Life