Certain chemotherapy drugs and cancer treatments can affect the heart muscle, heart valves, blood pressure, or heart rhythm. This condition is known as chemotherapy-induced cardiotoxicity.
Certain chemotherapy drugs and cancer treatments can affect the heart muscle, heart valves, blood pressure, or heart rhythm. This condition is known as chemotherapy-induced cardiotoxicity.
Patients may develop breathlessness, fatigue, swelling, reduced heart pumping function, abnormal heart rhythms, or high blood pressure during or after cancer treatment.
Regular cardiac monitoring using ECG, echocardiography, strain imaging, PET, SPECT, or MUGA scans helps detect early heart-related changes before serious complications develop.
Early diagnosis, preventive strategies, and timely treatment help protect long-term heart health while continuing cancer therapy safely.