Bleomycin cardiotoxicity during chemotherapy for an ovarian germ cell tumor

Hippokratia

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 187-188

  Didagelos, M ^a   Boutis, Anastasios ^a   Diamantopoulos, N ^a   Sotiriadou, M ^a   Fotiou, C ^a  

^a THEAGENIO CANCER HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

BEP chemotherapy; Cardiotoxicity; Chest pain; Myocardial ischemia; Ovarian cancer

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIANGINA PECTORIS AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BEMIPARIN; BLEOMYCIN; CISPLATIN; DILTIAZEM; ETOPOSIDE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CARDIOTOXICITY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GERM CELL TUMOR; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; MEDICAL HISTORY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVARY CANCER; PRECORDIAL PAIN; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; T WAVE INVERSION; TACHYPNEA; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 84881271004     PISSN: 11084189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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