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Li Y, Zhai B, Yang B, Wang B, Wang Y, Qu M, Tang Y. Immune myocarditis induced by sintilimab therapy: A case report. Exp Ther Med 2024; 28:333. [PMID: 39006500 PMCID: PMC11240266 DOI: 10.3892/etm.2024.12622] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2023] [Accepted: 05/09/2024] [Indexed: 07/16/2024] Open
Abstract
Immunotherapy is a potent tool used in cancer treatment, but the occurrence of immune-related adverse events induced by immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) cannot be overlooked. This is particularly true for rare but potentially fatal cardiovascular complications, such as myocarditis; heart muscle inflammation may lead to heart dysfunction and arrhythmia. The present case is a 68-year-old female breast cancer patient who developed palpitations and elevated cardiac enzyme levels after 1 day of ICI therapy, and the patient was eventually diagnosed with immune myocarditis. After receiving hormonal shock therapy, Ctn I, CK, CK-MB and other cardiac enzyme-related markers improved significantly, and electrocardiogram test returned to normal, and the patient recovered during hospitalization without any major adverse cardiac events. Furthermore, the present study reviewed the mechanism of immune myocarditis induced by ICI therapy, with the aim of providing a clinical foundation for the prevention and diagnosis of cardiovascular adverse events in ICI therapy.
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- Yu Li
- Translational Medical Center, Weifang Second People's Hospital, Weifang Respiratory Disease Hospital, Weifang, Shandong 261041, P.R. China
- Department of Cardiology, Weifang Second People's Hospital, Weifang Respiratory Disease Hospital, Weifang, Shandong 261041, P.R. China
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- Department of Cardiology, Weifang Second People's Hospital, Weifang Respiratory Disease Hospital, Weifang, Shandong 261041, P.R. China
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- Translational Medical Center, Weifang Second People's Hospital, Weifang Respiratory Disease Hospital, Weifang, Shandong 261041, P.R. China
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- Department of Cardiology, Weifang Second People's Hospital, Weifang Respiratory Disease Hospital, Weifang, Shandong 261041, P.R. China
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- Translational Medical Center, Weifang Second People's Hospital, Weifang Respiratory Disease Hospital, Weifang, Shandong 261041, P.R. China
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- Translational Medical Center, Weifang Second People's Hospital, Weifang Respiratory Disease Hospital, Weifang, Shandong 261041, P.R. China
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- Translational Medical Center, Weifang Second People's Hospital, Weifang Respiratory Disease Hospital, Weifang, Shandong 261041, P.R. China
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Hauwanga WN, McBenedict B, Amadi ES, Dohadwala TK, Johnny C, Asaju F, Okafor OD, Jimoh A, Elumah AAO, Onyinyinyechi OV, Petrus D, Lima Pessôa B. A Systematic Review of the Cardiotoxic Effects of Targeted Therapies in Oncology. Cureus 2024; 16:e66258. [PMID: 39238728 PMCID: PMC11377122 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.66258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2024] [Accepted: 07/31/2024] [Indexed: 09/07/2024] Open
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Cancer therapy advancements have improved survival rates but also introduced significant cardiotoxic risks. Cardiotoxicity, a critical adverse effect of cancer treatments such as doxorubicin, trastuzumab, and radiotherapy, poses substantial challenges. This systematic review synthesizes findings from studies on cardiotoxicity induced by cancer therapies, focusing on detection and management. Key predictors of chemotherapy-induced myocardial toxicity (CIMT) include advanced age, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diabetes, and elevated N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide levels. Regular echocardiographic assessments, particularly of the left ventricular global longitudinal strain (LVGLS) and left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), are essential for early detection. The CardTox-Score, incorporating these risk factors, shows high sensitivity and specificity in predicting CIMT. Advanced imaging techniques and biomarkers play crucial roles in identifying at-risk patients before functional decline. Early biomarkers and imaging techniques such as LVGLS and LVEF are effective in diagnosing and managing cardiotoxicity, allowing timely interventions. Cardiology involvement in patient care significantly enhances adherence to cardiac monitoring guidelines and reduces cardiotoxicity risks. Management strategies emphasize regular cardiac monitoring, patient education, and the use of cardioprotective agents. A collaborative approach between cardiologists and oncologists is vital to assess cardiovascular risks, minimize vascular toxicity, and manage long-term adverse effects, ensuring the safety and efficacy of cancer therapies. This review underscores the importance of early detection and proactive management of cardiotoxicity in cancer patients to optimize treatment outcomes and improve quality of life.
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- Wilhelmina N Hauwanga
- Family Medicine, Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, BRA
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- Internal Medicine, Hallel Hospital Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt, NGA
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- Neurosurgery, Fluminense Federal University, Niterói, BRA
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- Internal Medicine, Mount Horeb Clinic and Dialysis Center, Warri, NGA
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- Family Health, Directorate of Special Programs, Ministry of Health and Social Services, Windhoek, NAM
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Cho I, You SC, Cha MJ, Hwang HJ, Cho EJ, Kim HJ, Park SM, Kim SE, Lee YG, Youn JC, Park CS, Shim CY, Chung WB, Sohn IS. Cancer therapy-related cardiac dysfunction and the role of cardiovascular imaging: systemic review and opinion paper from the Working Group on Cardio-Oncology of the Korean Society of Cardiology. J Cardiovasc Imaging 2024; 32:13. [PMID: 39075626 PMCID: PMC11288116 DOI: 10.1186/s44348-024-00014-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2023] [Accepted: 01/14/2024] [Indexed: 07/31/2024] Open
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Cardio-oncology is a critical field due to the escalating significance of cardiovascular toxicity as a side effect of anticancer treatments. Cancer therapy-related cardiac dysfunction (CTRCD) is a prevalent condition associated with cardiovascular toxicity, necessitating effective strategies for prediction, monitoring, management, and tracking. This comprehensive review examines the definition and risk stratification of CTRCD, explores monitoring approaches during anticancer therapy, and highlights specific cardiovascular toxicities linked to various cancer treatments. These include anthracyclines, HER2-targeted agents, vascular endothelial growth factor inhibitors, immune checkpoint inhibitors, chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapies, and tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes therapies. Incorporating the Korean data, this review offers insights into the regional nuances in managing CTRCD. Using systematic follow-up incorporating cardiovascular imaging and biomarkers, a better understanding and management of CTRCD can be achieved, optimizing the cardiovascular health of both cancer patients and survivors.
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- Iksung Cho
- Division of Cardiology, Severance Cardiovascular Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Systems Informatics, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Radiology, Chung-Ang University Hospital, Chung-Ang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Cardiology, Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong, Kyung Hee University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Heart and Brain Hospital, Chung-Ang University Gwangmyeong Hospital, Chung-Ang University College of Medicine, Gwangmyeong, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chung-Ang University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Hematology & Medical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Cardiology, Severance Cardiovascular Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Cardiology, Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong, Kyung Hee University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
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Song S, Woo J, Kim H, Lee JW, Lim W, Moon BI, Kwon K. A prospective randomized controlled trial to determine the safety and efficacy of extracorporeal shock waves therapy for primary prevention of subclinical cardiotoxicity in breast cancer patients without a cardiovascular risk treated with doxorubicin. Front Cardiovasc Med 2024; 11:1324203. [PMID: 38385137 PMCID: PMC10879594 DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2024.1324203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2023] [Accepted: 01/26/2024] [Indexed: 02/23/2024] Open
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Background Doxorubicin is a highly effective anti-cancer drug that causes left ventricular (LV) dysfunction and induces late-onset cardiomyopathy. However, an effective and clinically applicable preventive treatment is yet to be discovered. Objective Cardiac-Extracorporeal shockwave therapy (C-ESWT) has been suggested to treat inflammatory and ischemic diseases and protect cardiomyocytes from doxorubicin-induced cardiomyopathy. This study aims to assess the safety and efficacy of C-ESWT in the prevention of subclinical cardiotoxicity. Methods We enrolled 64 breast cancer patients. C-ESWT group 33 patients were treated with our C-ESWT (200 shots/spot at 0.09 mJ/mm2 for 20 spots, 3 times every six weeks). The efficacy endpoints were the difference in left ventricular global longitudinal strain (LVGLS) change by 2D speckle tracking echocardiography and chemotherapy-related cardiac dysfunction (CTRCD). Echocardiography was performed on the baseline line and every 4 cycles of chemotherapy, followed by a follow-up 3,6 months after chemotherapy to compare the incidence of cardiomyopathy of subclinical LV dysfunction due to chemotherapy between the two groups. Results Participants averaged 50 ± 9 years in age, 100% female. In the results of follow-up 6 months after the end of chemotherapy, there was a significant difference in delta LVGLS between the C-ESWT group and the control group (LVGLS; -1.1 ± 10.9% vs. -11.5 ± 11.6% p-value; <0.001). A total of 23% (15 patients) of patients developed CTRCD (Control group; 13 vs. C-ESWT group; (2). C-ESWT was performed safely without any serious adverse events. Conclusion In this prospective study, C-ESWT established efficacy in preventing subclinical cardiotoxicity, especially in breast cancer patients using doxorubicin chemotherapy, and the safety of C-ESWT. Clinical Trial Registration ClinicalTrials.gov, identifier (NCT05584163).
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- Shinjeong Song
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Ewha Womans University College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University Mokdong Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Ewha Womans University College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University Mokdong Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Ewha Womans University College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University Mokdong Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Ewha Womans University College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University Mokdong Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Ewha Womans University College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University Mokdong Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Ewha Womans University College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University Mokdong Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Ewha Womans University College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University Mokdong Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Chen B, Zhao X, Li X, Liu J, Tang J. Fatal heart disease in patients with bone and soft tissue sarcoma. Front Cardiovasc Med 2022; 9:951940. [PMID: 36312272 PMCID: PMC9606780 DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2022.951940] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2022] [Accepted: 09/26/2022] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Background/purpose With improved cancer survivorship, non-cancer events, especially heart disease (HD), have become the underlying cause of death in cancer patients, but the risk of HD mortality in sarcoma patients remains poorly characterized. Therefore, our purpose was to: (1) identify sarcoma patients at the highest risk of fatal HD compared with the general population, (2) identify patients and sarcoma characteristics associated with a higher risk of HD death, and (3) determine if chemotherapy increased the risk of HD death in sarcoma patients. Methods From 1975 to 2016, we identified patients diagnosed with bone and soft tissue sarcoma from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database in the US. Standardized mortality ratios (SMRs) were evaluated using mortality data from the general population collected by the National Center for Health Statistics. This was the largest retrospective cohort study of fatal HD in individuals with sarcoma. Results In 80,905 sarcoma patients observed for 530,290 person-years, 3,350 deaths from HD were identified with a mortality of 631.7/100,000 person-years. The SMR of death from HD was 1.38 (95% CI: 1.33–1.42). The highest risks of death from HD were observed in patients with Ewing sarcoma (SMR = 5.44; 95% CI: 3.38–8.75) and osteosarcoma (SMR = 1.92; 95% CI: 1.55–2.38). Patients diagnosed at < 19 years old had the highest SMR in all age subgroups, and a higher risk of fatal HD relative to the general population was observed in sarcoma survivors diagnosed at < 85 years old. In patients diagnosed at < 19 years old, HD plurality occurred in those with Ewing sarcoma (29.4%) and osteosarcoma (32.4%) and at > 35 years old, HD plurality occurred in those diagnosed with liposarcoma (19.0%) and malignant fibro histiocytoma (MFH) (23.6%). For sarcoma survivors, HD mortality risks were highest within the first year after diagnosis (SMR = 1.31; 95% CI: 1.21–1.41), and this risk remained elevated throughout follow-up compared with the general population. Subgroup analyses indicated that chemotherapy significantly increased the risk of fatal HD in patients with localized osteosarcoma (Hazard ratio (HR) = 3.18; 95% CI: 1.24–8.13; P = 0.016), but not in patients with other histological sarcoma subtypes and clinical stages. Conclusion The risk of death from HD mainly varied in patients with different histological sarcoma subtypes and clinical stages. Chemotherapy increased the risk of fatal HD in patients with localized osteosarcoma. To lower the risk of fatal HD in patients with sarcoma, we call for enhanced multidisciplinary cooperation, including cardiologists and orthopedic surgeons.
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- Bei Chen
- Department of Orthopaedics, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China,Department of Musculoskeletal Oncology, Chenzhou No. 1 People’s Hospital, Chenzhou, China,Department of Hand and Microsurgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Musculoskeletal Oncology, Chenzhou No. 1 People’s Hospital, Chenzhou, China
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- Department of Musculoskeletal Oncology, Chenzhou No. 1 People’s Hospital, Chenzhou, China
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- Department of Musculoskeletal Oncology, Chenzhou No. 1 People’s Hospital, Chenzhou, China,*Correspondence: Jun Liu,
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China,Department of Hand and Microsurgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China,Juyu Tang,
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