Table 2 Detailed description of patients with cardiovascular events

From: Carfilzomib and the cardiorenal system in myeloma: an endothelial effect?

Patient

Pre-/post-treatment LVEF

Clinical scenario

Attributable to Cfz?

1

65/45%

Multilobar pneumonia

Unlikely

2

61/45%; 40% cycle 10

Systemic sepsis

Unlikely

3

63/35%

VTE/PE

No

4

56/42%

Hip fracture (cycle 2)

Probable

5

None/54%

MI/known CAD

Probable

  1. Abbreviations: LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; PE, pulmonary embolism; VTE, venous thromboembolism.