TABLE 1

Cardiovascular Adverse Effects of Several Anticancer Agents

EffectAgent
Myocardial depressionAnthracyclines, mitoxantrone, high-dose cyclophosphamide, trastuzumab, ifosfamide, all-trans retinoic acid
Ischemia5-fluorouracil, cisplatin, capecitabine, interleukin-2
HypotensionEtoposide, paclitaxel, alemtuzumab, cetuximab, rituximab, interleukin-2, denileukin, interferon-α, all-trans retinoic acid, homoharringtonine
HypertensionBevacizumab, cisplatin
OtherBusulfan (cardiac tamponade, endomyocardial fibrosis) Cyclophosphamide (hemorrhagic myocarditis)
Paclitaxel, thalidomide (bradyarrhythmias) Arsenic trioxide (QT prolongation or torsades de pointes)