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. 2017 Mar 24;19(9):1067–1078. doi: 10.1007/s12094-017-1648-8

Table 1.

Cardiotoxicity risk assessment

Risk of cardiotoxicity related to cancer treatment Criteria for high CV risk of developing cardiotoxicity
High risk
 Anthracyclines, cyclophosphamide, ifosfamide, trastuzumab, and clofarabine
Intermediate risk
 Docetaxel, pertuzumab, sunitinib, and sorafenib
History of:
 Cardiomyopathy or heart failure
 Ischemic heart disease
 Arrhythmias under treatment
 QTc >500 ms
Low risk
 Bevacizumab, dasatinib, imatinib, lapatinib, etoposide, rituximab, and thalidomide
HT
Diabetes
Previous use of anthracyclines
Mediastinal radiotherapy
Female gender
<15 years or >65 years

CV cardiovascular, HT hypertension, QTc corrected QT interval