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Cardiac arrest--a manifestation of 5-fluorouracil cardiotoxicity
M J Millward1, V Ganju, M Buck
1Department of Medical Oncology, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Nedlands, WA.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine
|August 1, 1988
Abstract:
We report a case of cardiac arrest occurring during an infusion of 5-fluorouracil where electrocardiograms suggested coronary artery spasm as the underlying event. Treatment with vasodilators and diltiazem, proved effective. This clinical presentation of 5-fluorouracil cardiotoxicity has not previously been described.