Poterucha Joseph T, Westberg Mark, Nerheim Pamela, Lovell James P
Department of Internal Medicine & Pediatrics, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska 68198, USA.
Tex Heart Inst J. 2010;37(2):218-20.
The anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody rituximab is an effective treatment for small lymphocytic lymphoma; however, it has been associated with infusion reactions, including cardiac arrhythmias. Severe cardiac arrhythmia is an adverse reaction that is related to rituximab chemotherapy, and more investigation is warranted into the adverse reactions of rituximab that involve cardiac conduction abnormalities. Herein, we report what we believe to be the 1st case of symptomatic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia to have occurred during an initial infusion of rituximab.
抗CD20单克隆抗体利妥昔单抗是治疗小淋巴细胞淋巴瘤的有效药物;然而,它与输注反应有关,包括心律失常。严重心律失常是与利妥昔单抗化疗相关的不良反应,因此有必要对利妥昔单抗涉及心脏传导异常的不良反应进行更多研究。在此,我们报告了我们认为是首例在首次输注利妥昔单抗期间发生的症状性多形性室性心动过速病例。