Journal of Health & Medical Informatics

Giacomo Bregni

Publications

• Case Report
  Cisplatin-related Atrial Fibrillation during PEB Chemotherapy for Testicular Seminoma: A Case Report
  Author(s): Alessandro Pastorino, Giacomo Bregni, Azzurra Damiani, Massimiliano Grassi, Alberto Puccini and Giuseppe FornariniAlessandro Pastorino, Giacomo Bregni, Azzurra Damiani, Massimiliano Grassi, Alberto Puccini and Giuseppe Fornarini
  
  Introduction: Cisplatin-related arrhythmias are not routinely described in the literature and their cardiac complications can lead to relevant hemodynamic events that could compromise the administration of chemotherapy and, above all, they could cause life threatening consequences. Methods: A 37-year-old man with stage II B testicular seminoma was admitted to our department. The patient had a negative cardiologic history, blood count and chemistry were within normal limits except for hypomagnesaemia, and hence PEB chemotherapy was started. During cisplatin infusion, the patient experienced pulse arrhythmia with EKG diagnosis of atrial fibrillation. Results: Despite the finding of atrial fibrillation, thanks to digoxin infusion and magnesium supplementation, chemotherapy was completed and on the next morning the heartbeat.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2157-7420.1000236

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