5-FLUORO-URACIL CARDIOTOXICITY - CLINICAL TABLES ABOUT 4 CASES AND PREVENTIVE PROPOSITION

Authors
BOURGEOIS H PERAULT MC RAUDRAYNIER P FAVRELIERE S DABAN A VANDEL B
Citation
H. Bourgeois et al., 5-FLUORO-URACIL CARDIOTOXICITY - CLINICAL TABLES ABOUT 4 CASES AND PREVENTIVE PROPOSITION, Therapie, 48(3), 1993, pp. 255-258
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Journal title
Therapie → ACNP
ISSN journal
00405957
Volume
48
Issue
3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
255 - 258
Database
ISI
SICI code
0040-5957(1993)48:3<255:5C-CTA>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
5-fluoro-uracil (5-FU) cardiotoxicity has been often reported during c hemotherapy. We collect four atypical cases of cardiac side effects in patients treated by 5-FU for head and neck tumors. We review the lite rature about the subject, and we propose criteria to detect patients w ith a high risk level, and to prevent this adverse effect incidence.