Similar to the HFA-ICOS risk stratification tool for patients on chemotherapy, are there cardiac risk calculators available for use in patients starting immunotherapy?
Answer from: at Academic Institution
No, there are no cardiac risk calculators for patients starting on immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI). This is primarily because, aside from the use of dual immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy, we have not identified risk factors for ICI-induced myocarditis (Mahmood et al., PMID 29567210). Prior to ...
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Currently, there are no validated risk calculators available for predicting ICI-induced cardiovascular immune-related adverse events (irAEs). Several risk factors have been reported to be associated with a higher risk of experiencing cardiac irAEs. These risk factors include a history of preexisting...
@Preetham Gunta: I have found the ESC 2022 cardio-...
Thank you!