Yomna E Dean, Hazem Dahshan, Karam R Motawea, Ziad Khalifa, Yousef Tanas, Ibrahim Rakha, Walaa Hasan, Mohamed Kishk, Alaa Mahmoud, Ahmed Elsayed, Omar Abdelkader, Akiko Tokunaga, Ahmed Khalifa, Ahmed Helmy, Rowan H Elhalag, Raghad Moheyeldin Farghaly, Omar Khalid Samir Abdelkader, Jaffer Shah, Diaa Hakim, Hani Aiash
BACKGROUND: There have been controversial findings from recent studies regarding anthracyclines use and the subsequent risk of arrhythmias. This study aimed to evaluate the existing evidence of the risk of arrhythmias in patients treated with anthracyclines. METHODS: PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science databases were searched up to April 2022 using keywords such as "anthracycline" and "arrhythmia." Dichotomous data were presented as relative risk (RR) and confidence interval (CI), while continuous data were presented as mean difference (MD) and CI...
November 17, 2023: Medicine (Baltimore)