Back to drug

The Drug-Induced Cardiotoxicity Website and App

Frequency - Incidence

Incidence of cardiac adverse event(s) due to the specific drug as assessed by number of reported/published cases in the literature. Red digits in stars indicate: 0 = Very rare, questionable signal · 1 = < 10 cases · 2 = 10-50 cases · 3 = 50–100 cases · 4 = 100-200 cases · 5 = >200 cases

Evidence level/grade

Evidence level for cardiac adverse event(s) due to the specific drug as estimated using Hill’s (1965), Naranjo’s (1981), and Bégaud’s (1985) criteria applied to published cases. Blue digits in stars indicate: 0 = Questionable · 1 = Low · 2 = Moderate · 3 = Robust · 4 = Definite · 5 = Unquestionable, pathognomonic

XXIX.e

Obliterative bronchiolitis (a pattern consistent with) (see also IVn, XVx)

In the case described (PMID 27144798), underlying ulcerative colitis, and/or therapy with mesalazine may have played a role

Publications

O'Beirne SL, Legasto AC, Narula N, Gelbman BD

Trust Your Instincts. Surgical Lung Biopsy with Normal Chest Imaging in a 49-Year-Old Man with Progressive Dyspnea.

Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 2016;13(5):741-5