| Capecitabine may induce coronary artery vasospasm. | |
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PMID: 22796820 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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Capecitabine is a new oral chemotherapeutic agent that is considered highly specific for sensitive tumor cells. We present the case of a patient who, after treatment with capecitabine for colorectal cancer, presented to our hospital with angina pectoris and electrocardiographic changes indicative of myocardial ischemia. The absence of epicardial coronary stenosis on the coronary angiogram ruled out atherosclerotic coronary disease as the cause of ischemia. The occurrence of coronary spasm, although not evident during coronary angiography, seems to be a possible explanation of the patient's symptoms. |
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Eleutherios Tsiamis; Andreas Synetos; Christodoulos Stefanadis |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Hellenic journal of cardiology : HJC = Hellēnikē kardiologikē epitheōrēsē Volume: 53 ISSN: 1109-9666 ISO Abbreviation: Hellenic J Cardiol Publication Date: 2012 Jul |
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Created Date: 2012-07-16 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 101257381 Medline TA: Hellenic J Cardiol Country: Greece |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 320-3 Citation Subset: IM |
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First Department of Cardiology, Hippokration Hospital, University of Athens, Greece. |
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