Iodine-123 β-methyl-P-iodophenyl-pentadecanoic Acid (I-BMIPP) Myocardial Scintigraphy for Breast Cancer Patients and Possible Early Signs of Cancer-Therapeutics-Related Cardiac Dysfunction (CTRCD).

(1) Background: The mortality of breast cancer has decreased due to the advancement of cancer therapies. However, more patients are suffering from cancer-therapeutics-related cardiac dysfunction (CTRCD). Diagnostic and treatment guidelines for CTRCD have not been fully established yet.

Effectiveness of Iodine-123 β-methyl-P-iodophenyl-pentadecanoic acid (BMIPP) Myocardial Scintigraphy for Cancer Therapeutics-Related Cardiac Dysfunction (CTRCD) in Breast Cancer Patients.

Purpose: The optimal imaging modality for evaluating Cancer Therapeutics-Related Cardiac Dysfunction (CTRCD) other than echocardiography is currently not known. We conducted a retrospective study utilizing myocardial scintigraphy to detect early-stage CTRCD in asymptomatic breast cancer patients.

Patients And Methods: Fifty-five asymptomatic breast cancer patients who had received chemotherapy within three years were involved in this study.

Ivabradine for Chemotherapy-Related Cardiac Dysfunction in Breast Cancer.

A 55-year-old woman with stage IV breast cancer was diagnosed with heart failure. Her left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) had decreased to 37.2%.

[Understanding Oral and Nasal Mucosal Absorption of Fentanyl, and Rectal Absorption of Buprenorphine].

One of the key issues in the treatment of pain is to choose the appropriate route and dosage form of analgesics for each individual patient in pain. New drug forms of fentanyl absorbed by oral or nasal mucosa, and buprenorphine absorbed by rectal mucosa are described in this chapter. Only lipophilic opioids such as fentanyl and buprenorphine can be absorbed via the mucosa of oral or nasal cavity of the human body.

[A case report of food-induced ileus requiring two emergency laparotomies in one year].

A 58-year-old woman completely edentulous man was transported to our hospital by ambulance with complaints of abdominal pain and vomiting. Abdominal computed tomography revealed multiple objects in the dilated ileum. An emergency laparotomy was performed and a diagnosis of ileus caused by ingestion of lotus root was established.