Cardiotoxicity with 5-fluorouracil and capecitabine: More than just vasospastic angina

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 303-307

  Stewart, T ^a   Pavlakis, N ^a,b   Ward, M ^a,b  

^a ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Capecitabine; Cardiotoxicity; Fluorouracil

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMIODARONE; AMLODIPINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BEVACIZUMAB; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CAPECITABINE; CISPLATIN; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; IRBESARTAN; IRINOTECAN; LERCANIDIPINE; METOPROLOL; OXALIPLATIN; SERTRALINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR JUNCTION ARRHYTHMIA; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOTOXICITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIZZINESS; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOKINESIA; HYPOTENSION; HYPOXIA; LIVER METASTASIS; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS ARRHYTHMIA; SINUS BRADYCARDIA; TACHYCARDIA; TACHYPNEA; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VASOSPASM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; CARDIOTOXINS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CORONARY VASOSPASM; DEOXYCYTIDINE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FLUOROURACIL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 77951096208     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2009.02144.x     Document Type: Article

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