Cardiac arrest and ventricular fibrillation in a young man treated with capecitabine: Case report and literature review

Int J Cardiol. 2016 Oct 1:220:280-3. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2016.06.117. Epub 2016 Jun 23.

Authors

Luisa De Gennaro¹, Natale Daniele Brunetti², Manuela Resta¹, David Rutigliano¹, Luigi Tarantini³, Pasquale Caldarola¹

Affiliations

¹ Cardiology Department, Ospedale san Paolo, Bari, Italy.
² University of Foggia, Italy. Electronic address: natale.brunetti@unifg.it.
³ Ospedale San Martino, Belluno, Italy.

PMID: 27390942
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2016.06.117

No abstract available

Keywords: Capecitabine; Cardiotoxicity; Chemotherapy; Ventricular fibrillation.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic / administration & dosage
Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic / adverse effects
Capecitabine* / administration & dosage
Capecitabine* / adverse effects
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation* / instrumentation
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation* / methods
Chemotherapy, Adjuvant / adverse effects
Chemotherapy, Adjuvant / methods
Colectomy / methods
Colorectal Neoplasms / complications
Colorectal Neoplasms / drug therapy*
Colorectal Neoplasms / surgery
Defibrillators, Implantable
Echocardiography / methods
Electric Countershock / instrumentation
Electric Countershock / methods
Electrocardiography / methods
Heart Arrest* / etiology
Heart Arrest* / therapy
Humans
Hypertension / complications
Male
Treatment Outcome
Ventricular Fibrillation* / etiology
Ventricular Fibrillation* / therapy

Substances

Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic
Capecitabine