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Does the HFA/ICOS tool overestimate the risk of cardiovascular toxicities in oncologic patients scheduled to receive anti-VEGF agents?

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Letter to the Editor TheHeart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology (HFA) and the International Cardio-Oncology Society (ICOS) recently proposed the use of a chartbased tool for the… Click to show full abstract

Letter to the Editor TheHeart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology (HFA) and the International Cardio-Oncology Society (ICOS) recently proposed the use of a chartbased tool for the baseline cardiovascular risk assessment of oncologic patients scheduled to receive anticancer treatments associated with cardiovascular toxicities. Among these drugs are antivascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF) agents, which may cause arterial and venous thrombo-embolic events or heart failure.

Keywords: patients scheduled; vegf agents; oncologic patients; anti vegf; cardiovascular toxicities; scheduled receive

Journal Title: Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine
Year Published: 2022

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