Cardiac MRI in Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Associated Pericarditis

Checkpoint inhibitors are novel and promising anticancer agents. However, acute pericarditis is the second most common chemotherapy-associated cardiotoxicity and associated with high mortality up to 21%. Cardiac MRI offers a one-stop-shop cardiac analysis to precisely detect chemotherapy-associated cardiotoxicity without nephrotoxic contrast dye and ionizing radiation. AbstractCheckpoint inhibitors are novel and promising anticancer agents. However, acute pericarditis is the second most common chemotherapy-associated cardiotoxicity and associated with high mortality up to 21%. Cardiac MRI offers a one-stop-shop cardiac analysis to precisely detect chemotherapy-associated cardiotoxicity without nephrotoxic contrast dye and ionizing radiation.

Source: Clinical Case Reports - October 13, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: Can Öztürk, Julian A. Luetkens Tags: CLINICAL IMAGE Source Type: research