A case of Takotsubo syndrome following 5-fluorouracil chemotherapy

Int J Cardiol. 2014 Dec 15;177(2):e65-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.09.154. Epub 2014 Oct 13.

Authors

Kristopher Knott¹, Naureen Starling², Shahnawaz Rasheed², John Foran³, Catherine Cafferkey², Stuart Rosen³, Andrew Nicholson³, John Baksi³, Alexander Lyon³

Affiliations

¹ The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom. Electronic address: Kristopher.knott@nhs.net.
² The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom.
³ Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom.

PMID: 25449494
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.09.154

No abstract available

Keywords: Cardiomyopathy; Chemotoxicity; Takotsubo syndrome.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Cardiotoxicity / diagnosis
Electrocardiography
Fluorouracil / adverse effects*
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Middle Aged
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy / chemically induced*
Ventricular Fibrillation / chemically induced

Substances

Fluorouracil