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SUBMITTER: Oladiran O
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6129795 | biostudies-literature | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Oladiran Oreoluwa O Nazir Salik S
Case reports in cardiology 20180827
Left ventricular dysfunction is a rare side effect of bevacizumab occurring in 2-4% of cases. We report the case of a 68-year-old woman who presented to the emergency department (ED) with sudden onset of shortness of breath, orthopnea, and paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea. She was tachypneic and in respiratory distress. Physical examination revealed jugular venous distention, diffuse expiratory wheeze, and bipedal edema. She had been started on bevacizumab for the treatment of hereditary hemorrhagic ...[more]