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Decitabine Induced Delayed Cardiomyopathy in Hematologic Malignancy.

Pradyumna AgasthiHemalatha NarayanasamyDan SorajjaJames SlackFarouk Mookadam
Published in: Case reports in cardiology (2018)
Decitabine is a pyrimidine analogue of nucleoside cytidine, used for the treatment of myelodysplastic syndromes, chronic myelogenous leukemia, and acute myelogenous leukemia. We present a case of cardiomyopathy associated with decitabine used for secondary acute myelogenous leukemia. The patient presented with new heart failure symptoms and an ejection fraction decline.
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