Research Article

Clinical Experience of Patients Referred to a Multidisciplinary Cardiac Oncology Clinic: An Observational Study

Table 3

Reason for referral to the cardiac oncology clinic ( = 428).

(%)

Reasons for referral = 428
 (i) Decreased LVEF148 (34.6%)
 (ii) Prechemotherapy assessment51 (11.9%)
 (iii) Arrhythmia36 (8.4%)
 (iv) Congestive heart failure24 (5.6%)
 (v) Cardiomyopathy14 (3.3%)
 (vi) Other*128 (29.9%)

Other examples: pericardial disease, valvular heart disease, coronary artery disease, and hypertension.