Symptoms and signs of an acute myocardial ischemia caused by chemotherapy with Paclitaxel (Taxol) in a patient with metastatic ovarian carcinoma

European Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 498-501

  Schrader, Carsten ^a   Keussen, C ^a   Bewig, B ^a   von Freier, A ^a   Lins, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Angina pectoris; Bradyarrhythmia; Chemotherapy; Heart block; Paclitaxel; Taxol

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CREATINE KINASE; HEPARIN; PACLITAXEL; PREDNISONE; TROPONIN T;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG INFUSION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LABORATORY TEST; METASTASIS POTENTIAL; NAUSEA; OVARY CANCER; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; THORAX PAIN; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; VOMITING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANTICOAGULANTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; BRADYCARDIA; CARCINOMA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPARIN; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; NAUSEA; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PACLITAXEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 28444485728     PISSN: 09492321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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