Ventricular tachycardia during hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy.
case_report · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2009.05993.x.
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Abstract
Cytoreductive surgery with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) is used for selected gastrointestinal carcinomas. We report a case of ventricular tachycardia during HIPEC with cisplatin that persisted as long as the chemotherapy solution remained in the intra-abdominal cavity. We hypothesise that high plasma levels of cisplatin with concomitant low magnesium levels caused the arrhythmia.
Medical subject headings
- Antineoplastic Agents
- Cisplatin
- Peritoneal Neoplasms
- Tachycardia, Ventricular