Images in emergency medicine: acute severe coronary spasm associated with 5-fluorouracil chemotherapy

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2006

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Bmj Publishing Group

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info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess

Özet

Cardiotoxicity is an uncommon adverse effect of 5-FU treatment. Prevalence of 5- fluorouracil (FU) - induced cardiotoxicity is 2–18%, and represents an interesting clinical challenge.1 A 62 year old male was admitted to our emergency department with severe dyspnea, chest pain, diaphoresis, nausea, and pruritis after the completition of a regimen of 5-FU chemotherapy for gastric adenocarcinoma.

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Acute Disease, Emergency Medicine, Coronary Vasospasm, Fluorouracil, Chemotherapy

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Emergency Medicine Journal

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Q3

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Q1

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23

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1

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