Evaluation and management of cancer patients presenting with acute cardiovascular disease: a Clinical Consensus Statement of the Acute CardioVascular Care Association (ACVC) and the ESC council of Cardio-Oncology—part 2: acute heart failure, acute myocardial diseases, acute venous thromboembolic diseases, and acute arrhythmias
Sofie Gevaert, Sigrun Halvorsen, Peter Sinnaeve, Antonia Sambola, Geeta Gulati, Patrizio Lancellotti, Peter van der Meer, Alexander R. Lyon, Dimitrios Farmakis, Geraldine Lee, Giuseppe Boriani, Ashutosh Wechalekar, Alicia Okines, Riccardo Asteggiano, Alain Combes, Roman Pfister, Jutta Bergler‐Klein, Maddalena Lettino
Abstract
Advances in treatment, common cardiovascular (CV) risk factors and the ageing of the population have led to an increasing number of cancer patients presenting with acute CV diseases. These events may be related to cancer itself or cancer treatment. Acute cardiac care specialists must be aware of these acute CV complications and be able to manage them. This may require an individualized and multidisciplinary approach. The management of acute coronary syndromes and acute pericardial diseases in cancer patients was covered in part 1 of a clinical consensus document. This second part focusses on acute heart failure, acute myocardial diseases, venous thromboembolic diseases and acute arrhythmias.