Successful treatment of syncope with chemotherapy irresponsive to cardiac pacemaker in head and neck cancer

Yonsei Medical Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 725-728

  Ji, Hyun Ju ^a   Myoung, Hee Kang ^a   Hoon, Gu Kim ^a,b   Gyeong, Won Lee ^a,b   Jung, Je Park ^a,b   Jin, Pyeong Kim ^a,b   Jung, Hun Kang ^a,b  

^a Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

^b Gyeongnam Regional Cardiocerebrovascular Disease Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Head and neck cancer; Syncope

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; DOCETAXEL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DIZZINESS; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEADACHE; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PNEUMONIA; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEIZURE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SYNCOPE; TUMOR BIOPSY; VOMITING;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CISPLATIN; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; SYNCOPE; TAXOIDS; TONSILLAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 70449707239     PISSN: 05135796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2009.50.5.725     Document Type: Article

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