Acute coronary syndrome associated with continuous 5-fluorouracil infusion in a patient with metastatic colorectal cancer-a case report with a discussion on this clinical dilemma

Journal of Gastrointestinal Cancer

Volumn 40, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 133-137

  Paiva, Carlos Eduardo ^a,b   Paiva, Bianca Sakamoto Ribeiro ^a   Garita, Rodrigo ^a   Michelin, Odair Carlito ^a   Okoshi, Katashi ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

5 fluorouracil; Adverse effects; Cardiotoxicity; Colonic neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CETUXIMAB; CLOPIDOGREL; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; IRINOTECAN; ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE; OXALIPLATIN; RALTITREXED;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BURNING SENSATION; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CASE REPORT; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; COLON OBSTRUCTION; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ECG ABNORMALITY; FEMALE; HEMICOLECTOMY; HUMAN; LIVER METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSTERNAL PAIN; SIGMOID; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADENOCARCINOMA; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIMETABOLITES, ANTINEOPLASTIC; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CAMPTOTHECIN; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FLUOROURACIL; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LEUCOVORIN; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANOPLATINUM COMPOUNDS; QUINAZOLINES; THIOPHENES;

EID: 73549113781     PISSN: 19416628     EISSN: 19416636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12029-009-9101-z     Document Type: Article

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