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[Cardiomyopathy due to 5-fluorouracil]
V Besnard1, B Leroy, B Vilette
1Département d'Anesthésie-Réanimation chirurgicale 2, Hôpital régional, C.H.U., Lille.
Cahiers D'Anesthesiologie
|June 1, 1989
Abstract:
We report a new case of myocardiotoxicity due to 5 fluorouracil. A patient shows immediately after the first cure of chemotherapy where 5 fluorouracil was associated with cisplatinum, a circulatory failure which will need a controlled ventilation and a catecholamine treatment. Right catheterization and two-D echocardiography will confirm the alteration of myocardial contractility. The patient condition will favorably and quickly evolve towards normalisation of the cardiac examination at the third week.