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ArticleOncology reviews2019

Physiopathology and diagnosis of cardiotoxicity in patients submitted to chemotherapy treatment.

Filipe C Marmelo, Cátia F R Sá

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Article in Oncology reviews, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Filipe C MarmeloDepartment of Physiology and Cardiothoracic Surgery, Porto University Medical School.
Cátia F R SáPolytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco, Dr Lopes Dias School of Health.
Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco · PT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cardiovascular diseases and neoplastic diseases are the two main causes of morbidity and mortality in the world. Treated cancer patients usually develop cardiac diseases late in life due to chemotherapy- induced heart damage. The type of damage caused to the heart depends on the type of agent used during cancer treatment. It is expectable to observe ventricular impairment in patients treated with anthracyclines, while pyrimidines and some signalling inhibitors may damage the coronary circulation. Several techniques can be used to help diagnose early cardiac affections, such as biomarkers and auxiliary diagnostic tests. The information obtained can help physicians adjust chemotherapy doses, thus avoiding unnecessary heart damage. Although there is not yet a broad offer of cardioprotective drugs specific to these cases, some pharmacological agents used in common cardiology can also be applied here, such as beta-blockers and angiotensinogen- converting enzyme inhibitors.

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cardiotoxicityChemotherapydiagnosisphysiopathologyprevention

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PMID31119013
PMCPMC6509477
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