Acute Myocardial Infarction Following Gemcitabine Therapy
- 1 December 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Angiology
- Vol. 50 (12) , 1021-1025
- https://doi.org/10.1177/000331979905001208
Abstract
The authors report a case of acute myocardial infarction following gemcitabine infusion and electrocardiographic abnormalities suggestive of ischemia on rechallenge of the drug. The possible underlying mechanisms of ischemia and/or infarction and the strate gies for prevention are discussed.Keywords
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