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Table 1 Adverse cardiovascular effects of cancer therapy

From: Cancer therapy and cardiotoxicity: The need of serial Doppler echocardiography

Adverse cardiac effect

Therapy

Heart failure

Anthracycline, Mitomycin, Cyclophosphamide, Cisplatin, Trastuzumab, Alemtizumab

Pericardial/Pleural effusion

Cyclophosphamide, Cytarabine, Imatinib, Thalidomide, Trans-retinoic acid, Busulfan, Radiation therapy

Myocardial ischemia

Cisplatin, Vinca Alkaloids, Capecitabine, Interleukin-2 Bevacizumab, 5-Fluotouracil, Radiation therapy

Arterial hypertension

Cisplatin, Bevacizumab, Interferon-α

Arterial hypotension

Etoposide, Talidomide, Paclitaxel, Alemtuzumab, Cetuximab, Rituximab, Transretinoic Acid, Interleukin-2, Interferon-α

Myocarditis

Busulfan, Cyclophoshamide, Radiation Therapy

Bradycardia

Thalidomide, Paclitaxel

QT prolongation

Arsenic Troxide

Thromboembolis

Bevacizumab, Paclitaxel