Table 3.

Impact of pre-existing cardiac morbidity on the risk for early cardiac toxicity

Patients receiving PTCYIncidence of ECEs n (%)Received PTCY-based prophylaxis n (%)Type of cardiac complication: event: n (%)Risk for ECE regression analysis HR (95% CI)P valueDay 30 mortality rate
Patients without pre-existing cardiac morbidity (n = 371) 
Patients without pre-existing cardiac morbidity (n = 371) 229 (61.7) 22 (5.9) 18 (81.8) Arrhythmia: 2
Pericardial disorders: 8
Heart failure: 9
Ischemia: 1
Other: 2 
Reference variable 
Patients with pre-existing cardiac morbidity (n = 45) 
Arrhythmia (n = 12) 10 (83.3) 5 (41.6) 2 (40) Arrhythmia: 3
Pericarditis: 1
Heart failure: 1 
8.42 (3.30-21.46) <.001 
Heart failure (n = 6) 3 (50.0) 2 (33.3) 2 (100) Arrhythmia: 2 5.77 (1.62-20.27) .006 
Ischemia (n = 8) 5 (62.5) 1 (12.5) 2 (100) Arrhythmia: 1 2.24 (0.28-17.58) .440 
Pericardial disorders (n = 6) 3 (50.0) 3 (50.0) 1 (33.3) Pericarditis: 1
Heart failure: 2 
13.98 (3.37-57.88) <.001 
Other (n = 13) 8 (61.5) 2 (15.4) Pericarditis: 1
Heart failure: 1 
2.72 (0.64-11.50) .170 
Patients receiving PTCYIncidence of ECEs n (%)Received PTCY-based prophylaxis n (%)Type of cardiac complication: event: n (%)Risk for ECE regression analysis HR (95% CI)P valueDay 30 mortality rate
Patients without pre-existing cardiac morbidity (n = 371) 
Patients without pre-existing cardiac morbidity (n = 371) 229 (61.7) 22 (5.9) 18 (81.8) Arrhythmia: 2
Pericardial disorders: 8
Heart failure: 9
Ischemia: 1
Other: 2 
Reference variable 
Patients with pre-existing cardiac morbidity (n = 45) 
Arrhythmia (n = 12) 10 (83.3) 5 (41.6) 2 (40) Arrhythmia: 3
Pericarditis: 1
Heart failure: 1 
8.42 (3.30-21.46) <.001 
Heart failure (n = 6) 3 (50.0) 2 (33.3) 2 (100) Arrhythmia: 2 5.77 (1.62-20.27) .006 
Ischemia (n = 8) 5 (62.5) 1 (12.5) 2 (100) Arrhythmia: 1 2.24 (0.28-17.58) .440 
Pericardial disorders (n = 6) 3 (50.0) 3 (50.0) 1 (33.3) Pericarditis: 1
Heart failure: 2 
13.98 (3.37-57.88) <.001 
Other (n = 13) 8 (61.5) 2 (15.4) Pericarditis: 1
Heart failure: 1 
2.72 (0.64-11.50) .170 

Other: degenerative aortic valve disease with severe insufficiency (n = 1), aneurysm of the ventricular septum (n = 1), arterial ductus in childhood, intervened (n = 1), atrial septal defect causing left to right shunt (n = 1), FVEF <50% with abnormalities in ECG and ECHO (n = 3), sinus bradycardia with ECHO abnormalities (n = 1), and right or left bundle branch block with impaired mobility on ECHO (n = 5).

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