Images in Emergency Medicine: Acute severe coronary spasm associated with 5-fluorouracil chemotherapy

Sadik Duran,Bulur S,Serhat Bahadir Sozen,Cemil Bilir,Cihangir Uyan,Ramazan Akdemir

Images in Emergency Medicine: Acute severe coronary spasm associated with 5-fluorouracil chemotherapy

2006

Sadik Duran
Bulur S
Serhat Bahadir Sozen
Cemil Bilir
Cihangir Uyan
Ramazan Akdemir

Cardiotoxicity is an uncommon adverse effect of 5-FU treatment. Prevalence of 5- fluorouracil (FU) - induced cardiotoxicity is 2–18%, and represents an interesting clinical challenge.1 A 62 …

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Emergency medicine
Fluorouracil
Medical emergency
Coronary vasospasm
Medicine
Intensive care medicine
Adverse effect
Cardiology
Cardiotoxicity
Internal medicine
Chemotherapy
Electrocardiography

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