IMR Press / RCM / Volume 25 / Issue 3 / DOI: 10.31083/j.rcm2503087
Open Access Review
Cancer Therapy-Associated Pulmonary Hypertension and Right Ventricular Dysfunction: Etiologies and Prognostic Implications
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1 Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA
2 Department of Medicine, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA
3 Department of Medicine, New York University Grossman Long Island School of Medicine, Mineola, NY 11501, USA
4 Cardio-Oncology Program, Heart, Vascular and Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, 00000 Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
5 UCLA Cardio-Oncology Program, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
*Correspondence: orly.leiva@nyulangone.org (Orly Leiva)
Rev. Cardiovasc. Med. 2024, 25(3), 87; https://doi.org/10.31083/j.rcm2503087
Submitted: 31 October 2023 | Revised: 22 December 2023 | Accepted: 4 January 2024 | Published: 5 March 2024
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Cardio-Oncology: State-of-the-Art Reviews)
Copyright: © 2024 The Author(s). Published by IMR Press.
This is an open access article under the CC BY 4.0 license.
Abstract

Advances in cancer therapies have improved oncologic outcomes but can potentially expose patients to risk of cardiovascular toxicity. While left ventricular (LV) dysfunction is a well-known cardiotoxicity of cancer therapy. Pulmonary hypertension (PH) and right ventricular (RV) dysfunction are seen with several cancer therapies, including alkylating agents, tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs), and immunotherapy, and are associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Awareness and recognition of cancer therapy-associated PH and RV dysfunction is critical to identify underlying etiologies and institute the appropriate therapy. However, gaps exist in the current literature on the epidemiology of PH and RV dysfunction in cancer, underlying pathophysiology and optimal management strategies.

Keywords
cardio-oncology
cardiotoxicity
pulmonary hypertension
right ventricular dysfunction
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