| Symptoms and signs of an acute myocardial ischemia caused by chemotherapy with Paclitaxel (Taxol) in a patient with metastatic ovarian carcinoma. | |
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PMID: 16354605 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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INTRODUCTION: Paclitaxel (Taxol) is an anticancer agent used for the treatment of breast and ovarian cancer. The major side effects are bone marrow suppression, alopecia, polyneuropathy and cardiac toxicity like bradycardia, myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure and cardiac death. SETTING: Intensive care unit (ICU) of a university hospital. PATIENT: We report on a 58-years-old woman with a metastatic ovarian carcinoma who had chest pain, nausea and collapse during their first Taxol infusion. The infusion was stopped and the patient was submitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) to exclude an acute coronary syndrome. RESULTS: The electrocardiography (ECG) showed a third-degree heart block and ST elevation in II, III and avF. In the initial and in the control laboratory investigation values of cardiac enzymes (creatininkinase and Troponine T) remained normal. The control ECG after 30 minutes turned back to normal. After one day the patient was submitted back to a normal ward. CONCLUSION: Symptomatic bradyarrhythmia and clinical sign of an myocardial infarction are rare but important cardiac side effects in patients treated with Taxol. Those patients should be under intensive care unit until patients conditions improve and acute myocardial ischemia has been excluded. |
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Authors:
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Carsten Schrader; C Keussen; B Bewig; A von Freier; M Lins |
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Type: Case Reports; Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: European journal of medical research Volume: 10 ISSN: 0949-2321 ISO Abbreviation: Eur. J. Med. Res. Publication Date: 2005 Nov |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2005-12-15 Completed Date: 2006-01-04 Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9517857 Medline TA: Eur J Med Res Country: Germany |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 498-501 Citation Subset: IM |
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2nd Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Chemnitzstrasse 33, D-24116 Kiel, Germany. c.schrader@med2.uni-kiel.de |
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Acute Disease Angina Pectoris / chemically induced Anticoagulants / therapeutic use Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / administration & dosage, adverse effects* Bradycardia / chemically induced Carcinoma / drug therapy*, pathology Electrocardiography Female Follow-Up Studies Heparin / therapeutic use Humans Middle Aged Myocardial Ischemia / chemically induced*, physiopathology* Nausea / chemically induced Neoplasm Metastasis / drug therapy, pathology Neoplasm Staging Ovarian Neoplasms / drug therapy*, pathology* Paclitaxel / administration & dosage, adverse effects* Treatment Outcome |
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0/Anticoagulants; 0/Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic; 33069-62-4/Paclitaxel; 9005-49-6/Heparin |
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