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Nivolumab-induced fatal myocarditis: A case report.

Kavya BharathidasanMahmoud Hassan AbdelnabiJohn AbdelmalekJasmine SekhonWilliam ButlerMiguel QuirchErwin Argueta Sosa
Published in: Clinical case reports (2023)
Previous reports of immune checkpoint inhibitors' cardiotoxic effects include pericarditis, myocarditis, myocardial infarction, ventricular dysfunction, vasculitis, and electrical abnormalities. The authors report a case of acute heart failure caused by nivolumab-induced cardiotoxicity in a middle-aged man with advanced esophageal carcinoma with no previous cardiac history or significant cardiovascular risk factors.
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