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| Year : 2007 | Volume
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| Issue : 3 | Page : 169-171 |
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Transient asymptomatic bradycardia in patients on infusional 5-fluorouracil
K Talapatra, I Rajesh, B Rajesh, B Selvamani, J Subhashini
Department of Radiation Oncology, Unit 2, Christian Medical College, Vellore - 430 002, India
Correspondence Address:
J Subhashini
Department of Radiation Oncology, Christian Medical College, Vellore - 432 004
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0973-1482.37412
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The incidence of 5-fluorouracil (5-FU)-related cardiotoxicity seems to be dosage and schedule dependent. Although various other cardiac events have been reported in literature, a series of patients having transient asymptomatic bradycardia has not been reported in the literature as yet. We report such a series of patients who had transient asymptomatic bradycardia after being treated with continuous infusion 5-FU. We plan to do a Holter study during the period of bradycardia in subsequent patients and this may throw more light on the issue. |
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