[Drugs cardiotoxicity].

Thanks to science advances, cancer is no longer synonymous with death. Life expectancy improvement reveals a new problem: cancer treatment toxicity, including cardiovascular complications, responsible for significant morbidity and mortality. Media scandal of drug-induced valvular heart disease did revise the risk-benefit balance of drugs used (often off-label) as anorectics.

High prevalence of iron deficiency in patients with acute decompensated heart failure.

Aims: Limited data are available on iron parameters in patients hospitalized for decompensation of chronic heart failure.

Methods And Results: Iron parameters of patients hospitalized for decompensation of chronic heart failure were prospectively assessed during the 72 h after hospital admission. Iron deficiency was defined according to the 2012 European Society of Cardiology Guidelines.

A 78-year-old woman with an acute eosinophilic gastroenteritis.

Eosinophil accumulation in the gastrointestinal tract is a common feature of numerous disorders including mainly parasitic infection, drug-induced allergic reactions, inflammatory bowel disease, and various connective tissue disorders. Digestive tissue eosinophilia requires thorough searching for secondary causes that may be specifically treated with antibiotics, dietary and drug elimination or immunosuppressive therapy. Frequency, prognosis and therapeutic implications must guide the diagnostic course.