Cardiovascular magnetic resonance in autoimmune rheumatic diseases: a clinical consensus document by the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging

S Mavrogeni, A Pepe, R Nijveldt, N Ntusi… - European Heart …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Autoimmune rheumatic diseases (ARDs) involve multiple organs including the heart and
vasculature. Despite novel treatments, patients with ARDs still experience a reduced life …

Long-term effects of breast cancer therapy and care: calm after the storm?

C Tommasi, R Balsano, M Corianò… - Journal of clinical …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Breast cancer is still a lethal disease and the leading cause of death in women, undermining
patients' survival and quality of life. Modern techniques of surgery and radiotherapy allow for …

Immune checkpoint inhibitors—Associated cardiotoxicity

C Li, SA Bhatti, J Ying - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary With nonspecific activation of the immune system, immune checkpoint
inhibitors (ICIs) can lead to off-target immune-related adverse events (irAEs) to every organ …

Immune checkpoint inhibitors-related myocarditis: a review of reported clinical cases

L Zotova - Diagnostics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Myocarditis associated with the use of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) is a rare
manifestation of their cardiotoxicity, but is characterized by a high mortality rate. A literature …

A retrospective, single-institution experience of bullous pemphigoid as an adverse effect of immune checkpoint inhibitors

W Shalata, S Weissmann, S Itzhaki Gabay, K Sheva… - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary This article investigates the cutaneous adverse immune effects induced by
immune checkpoint inhibitors. These drugs target proteins expressed on cancer cells that …

Risk factors for immune checkpoint inhibitor–mediated cardiovascular toxicities

LI Yousif, EM Screever, D Versluis… - Current Oncology …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have improved the field of
cancer, especially in patients with advanced malignancies. Nevertheless, cardiovascular …

Unexpected adverse events of immune checkpoint inhibitors

W Shalata, A Yakobson, AY Cohen, I Goldstein… - Life, 2023 - mdpi.com
The introduction of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) has revolutionized cancer treatment
standards and significantly enhanced patient prognoses. However, the utilization of these …

Role of endomyocardial biopsy in diagnostics of myocarditis

L Vidusa, O Kalejs, A Maca-Kaleja, I Strumfa - Diagnostics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Endomyocardial biopsy as the cornerstone of diagnostics has been re-evaluated throughout
the years, leaving unanswered questions on the precedence of it. The reported incidence of …

Long-Lasting Therapeutic Response following Treatment with Pembrolizumab in Patients with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Real-World Experience

W Shalata, J Zolnoorian, G Migliozzi, AA Jama… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs), pembrolizumab in particular, have been shown to be
vastly more efficacious than traditional cytotoxic or platinum-based chemotherapies in the …

Immune checkpoint inhibitors associated cardiovascular immune-related adverse events

W Jo, T Won, A Daoud, D Čiháková - Frontiers in immunology, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) are specialized monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) that
target immune checkpoints and their ligands, counteracting cancer cell-induced T-cell …