Table 1.

Causes of cardiac morbidity/mortality and potential cardiovascular risk factors.

Known causes of cardiac mortality/morbidity in AHSCT

Cyclophosphamide toxicity

Arrhythmia

Coronary artery disease

Pulmonary arterial hypertension

Constrictive pericarditis

Pericardial effusion/tamponade

Acute cardiac failure

Sudden cardiac arrest

Myocarditis

Cardiovascular risk factors associated with poor outcomes from AHSCT

Smoking (active or former)

Male gender

Baseline left ventricular dysfunction (LVEF < 50%)

AHSCT Autologous haematopoietic stem cell transplantation; LVEF left ventricular ejection fraction.