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AC affecting the heart?
I know long term chemo can affect the heart but has anyone felt it during treatment? I have had one session and my resting heart rate has gone up 20 bpm and hasn’t come down. I was so nauseated and ti...
I developed an arrhythmia during chemo, detected while on Taxol but A/C a more likely trigger. The issue was however compounded by age and a bit of high blood pressure so hard to really determine ‘cause’. Eminently treatable and 7 years on is now very hard to detect. Also most unlikely in someone younger. But I was asymptomatic - no idea my heart rate was 130! That’s what tests before each treatment are for!