Skip to main content
editorial
. 2021 Dec 6;8(6):4365–4369. doi: 10.1002/ehf2.13741

Table 1.

Antineoplastic agents that induce Takotsubo syndrome

Antineoplastic agents Indicative references
Antimetabolites
5‐Fluorouracil

Lim SH, et al. Case Rep Oncol Med. 2013;2013:206765.

Valero M, et al. J Geriatr Oncol. 2020 Nov;11(8):1337–1339.

Kobayashi N, et al. J Nippon Med Sch. 2009 Feb;76(1):27–33.

Ozturk MA, et al. Blood Coagul Fibrinolysis. 2013 Jan;24(1):90–4.

Kumar D, et al. Cureus. 2021 Mar 22;13(3):e14049.

Basselin C, et al. Pharmacotherapy. 2011 Feb;31(2):226.

Knott K, et al. Int J Cardiol. 2014 Dec 15;177(2):e65–7.

De Pasquale MD, et al. BMC Pediatr. 2016 Jul 19;16:99.

Stewart T, et al. Intern Med J. 2010 Apr;40(4):303–7.

Gianni M, et al. Blood Coagul Fibrinolysis. 2009 Jun;20(4):306–8.

Coen M, et al. BMC Cancer. 2017 Jun 2;17(1):394.

Kobayashi N, et al. J Nippon Med Sch. 2009;76(1):27–33.

Cheriparambil KM, et al. Angiology. 2000;51(10):873–8.

Dalzell JR, et al. Anti‐Cancer Drugs. 2009;20(1):79–80.

Grunwald MR, et al. J Clin Oncol. 2012, 10;30(2):e11–4.

Capecitabine

Bhardwaj PV, et al. Perm J. 2019;23:18–245.

Qasem A, et al. Am J Ther. 2016 Sep–Oct;23(5):e1188–92

Abdelmaseih R, et al. Curr Probl Cardiol. 2021 Aug;46(8):100854.

Powers A et al. J Am Coll Cardiol 2020;75(11 Supplement 1):3279.

Sabharwal S, et al. Chest 2018;54(4 suppl):107A.

Sakamoto T, et al. J Cardiac Fail 2016;Vol. 22. No. 9S September.

Stewart T, et al. Intern Med J 2010;40(4):303–7.

Y‐Hassan S, et al. Cardiovasc Revasc Med 2013;14(1):57–61.

Ang C, et al. Curr Oncol 2010;17(1):59–63.

Klag T, et al. Clin Res Cardiol. 2014 Mar;103(3):247–50.

Endo A, et al. Int Heart J. 2013;54(6):417–20.

Molteni LP, et al. Breast J. 2010;16(s1):S45–8.

Cytarabine

Baumann S, et al. Oncol res Treat. 2014;37(9):487–90.

Madias JE. Oncol Res Treat. 2015;38(3):125.

Anthracyclines/topoisomerase II inhibitors
Doxorubicin Mubarak G, et al. Clin Case Rep. 2019 Nov 8;7(12):2466–71.
Plant alkaloids/topoisomerase I inhibitors
Irinotecan Kim L, et al. J Invasive Cardiol. 2008 Dec;20(12):E338–40.
HER2 inhibitors
Trastuzumab

Burgy M, et al. Anticancer Res. 2014;34(7):3579–82.

Khanji M, et al. Clin Oncol (R Coll Radiol). 2013;25(5):329.

Matsumoto T, et al. Int Cancer Conf J. 2019 Dec 6;9(1):28–31.

Lees C, et al. Oncologist. 2019 Feb;24(2):e80–2.

Platinum compounds
Cisplatin Hannan A, et al. Pak J Med Sci. 2018 Jul–Aug;34(4):1030–3.
Other monoclonal antibodies
Rituximab

Smith SA, et al. Heart Fail Clin. 2013;9(2):233–42. X

Ng KH, et al. BMJ Case Rep. 2015;2:2015.

Cetuximab Kim L, et al. J Invasive Cardiol. 2008 Dec;20(12):E338–40.
Anti‐VEGF antibodies
Bevacizumab Franco TH, et al. Ther Clin Risk Manag. 2008;4(6):1367–70.
Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs)
Ipilimumab Geisler BP, et al. J Immunother Cancer. 2015;3:4.
Pembrolizumab Ederhy S et al. Eur J Heart Fail. 2019 Jul;21(7):945–7.
Nivolumab Ederhy S et al. Eur J Heart Fail. 2019 Jul;21(7):945–7.
Ipilimumab + nivolumab Oldfield, et al. BMJ Case Reports vol. 14,2 e237217. 1 Feb. 2021.
Multitargeted tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs)
Ibrutinib Giza DE, et al. Eur Heart J Case Rep. 2017 Nov 2;1(2):ytx006.
VEGF signalling pathway inhibitors
Axitinib Ovadia D, et al. J Clin Oncol. 2015, 1; 33(1):e1–3.
Sunitinib Numico G, et al. J Clin Oncol. 2012, 20;30(24):e218–20
Regorafenib Arunachalam K, et al. R I Med J (2013). 2020 Dec 1;103(10):40–3.
Miscellaneous agents
Combretastatin Bhakta S, et al. Clin Cardiol. 2009;32(12):E80–4.
Combination therapy
Cisplatin + docetaxel Toyooka S, et al. Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2012 Sep;60(9):599–602.
Cytarabine + daunorubicin Goel S, et al. World J Clin Cases. 2014 Oct 6;2(10):565–8.
Vinorelbine + capecitabine
FOLFOX (folinic acid, fluorouracil, and oxaliplatin)

Ali S, et al. Journal of Hospital and Medical Management 2021.

Sundaravel S, et al. Case Rep Cardiol. 2017;2017:8507096.

Basselin C, et al. Pharmacotherapy. 2011;31(2):226.

Yeh ET, et al. Circulation. 2004;109(25):3122–31.

Stewart T, et al. Intern Med J. 2010;40(4):303–7.

Parker WB, et al. Pharmacol Ther. 1990;48(3):381–95.

Ozturk MA, et al. Blood Coagul Fibrinolysis. 2013;24(1):90–4.

mFOLFOX6 Saif MW et al. Cureus. 2016 Sep 14;8(9):e783.
Gemcitabine + vinorelbine Özbay B, et al. Turk Kardiyol Dern Ars. 2021 Jan;49(1):72–5
Carboplatin + pemetrexed + pembrolizumab Khan NAJ, et al. Cureus. 2020 Jul 27;12(7):e9429.
Paclitaxel + hydroxyurea + 5‐FU and radiotherapy Schweizer MT, et al. J Clin Oncol. 2011, 10;29(20):e598–e600.
Cisplatin + 5‐FU + methotrexate + mitomycin + bleomycin Coen M, et al. BMC Cancer. 2017 Jun 2;17(1):394.
Combretastatin + cisplatin + doxorubicin

Cheungpasitporn W, et al. J Renal Inj Prev. 2017;6(1):18–25.

Rituximab + methylprednisolone Ovadia D, et al. J Clin Oncol. 2014;33(1):e1–3.
Trastuzumab + docetaxel + carboplatin Norwood TG, et al. J Immunother Cancer. 2017;5(1):91.
Cisplatin + 5‐FU

Dalzell JR, et al. Anti‐Cancer Drugs. 2009;20(1):79–80.

Tsibiribi P, et al. Bull Cancer. 2006;93(3):10027–30.

DCF + FOLFIRI Becker K, et al. Drugs. 1999;57(4):475–84.
5‐FU + levofolinate Naranjo CA, et al. Clin Pharmacol Ther. 1981;30(2):239–45.
Daunorubicin + cytarabine + doxorubicin Voit, J., et al. BMJ Case Reports, 2018, bcr2018226378.
Pembrolizumab + trastuzumab Anderson RD, et al. Int J Cardiol. 2016 Nov 1;222:760–1
Ipilimumab + nivolumab Ederhy S, et al. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2018 Aug;11(8):1187–90.
Trastuzumab + pertuzumab + nab‐paclitaxel Lees C, et al. Oncologist. 2019 Feb;24(2):e80–2.