Ischemic stroke as the first manifestation of anthracycline cardiomyopathy

Abstract

This article is devoted to the discussion of cardioembolic complications of anthracycline cardiomyopathy. The article describes a clinical case of cardiotoxicity caused by aggressive neoadjuvant chemotherapy in a patient with breast cancer and complicated by the development of cardioembolic ischemic stroke.

Keywords

• cryptogenic stroke
• anthracycline cardiomyopathy
• cardiotoxicity
• ischemic stroke
• cardioembolism
• chemotherapy