Overlooking cardiac dysfunction triggered by immune checkpoint inhibitors: Caution, trespassers will be ventilated

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore University Hospital, New York, NY 10461, USA. Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, "Federico II" University of Naples, Naples 80131, Italy.

Comment

Gaetano Santulli. Sci Transl Med. 2018.

. 2018 Apr 4;10(435):eaat3888.

doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aat3888.

¹ Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore University Hospital, New York, NY 10461, USA. Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, "Federico II" University of Naples, Naples 80131, Italy.

Abstract

Immune-related cardiac adverse events can ensue following immunotherapies.

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