Trastuzumab in Female Breast Cancer Patients With Reduced Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction

Background Trastuzumab is life‐extending therapy for breast cancer patients overexpressing the human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2+), but has known cardiotoxic risk. We sought to determine if trastuzumab can be administered to patients with reduced baseline cardiac function at no higher c...

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Main Authors: Somaira Nowsheen, Khaled Aziz, Jae Yoon Park, Amir Lerman, Hector R. Villarraga, Kathryn Jean Ruddy, Joerg Herrmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2018-08-01
Series:Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
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Online Access:https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.118.008637