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ReviewJournal of the American Heart Association2026

Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapy and Acute Coronary Syndrome: A Review of Mechanisms and Management.

Rachel S Saganty, Orly Leiva, Elizabeth Hutchins, Ashley F Stein-Merlob, Eric H Yang

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Review in Journal of the American Heart Association, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. Review
  3. Unmasking the Hidden Burden: Inflammation and Cardiovascular DiseaseJournal of the American Heart Association · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Rachel S SagantyDepartment of Medicine Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center Los Angeles CA USA.ORCID 0009-0005-8436-282X
Orly LeivaSection of Cardiology - Heart Failure, Department of Medicine University of Chicago Chicago IL USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3006-6380
Elizabeth HutchinsDivision of Cardiology, Department of Medicine Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center Los Angeles CA USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4193-251X
Ashley F Stein-MerlobDivision of Cardiology, Department of Medicine Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center Los Angeles CA USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6261-6431
Eric H YangDivision of Cardiology, Department of Medicine Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center Los Angeles CA USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4889-7454

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) therapy is a class of immune-activating therapies that has revolutionized the treatment of various cancers over the past decade. With expanding clinical indications of this drug class, understanding the short-term and long-term implications of checkpoint inhibitor therapy has grown in importance. Numerous reports have highlighted potential inflammatory adverse effects, including cardiotoxicity. Efforts to characterize cardiovascular adverse events, however, have largely focused on myocarditis with emerging evidence demonstrating the association between ICI therapies and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. Given the inherently higher risk of thrombosis and bleeding in patients with cancer, the safe and effective management of ICI-associated acute coronary syndrome remains a therapeutic challenge requiring a tailored and multidisciplinary approach. In this review, we discuss the pathophysiology of ICI-associated atherosclerosis, the complexities of acute coronary syndrome management in patients with cancer, and the opportunities for risk prevention in patients receiving ICI therapies.

Indexed as

Acute Coronary SyndromeImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsNeoplasmsHumansRisk AssessmentRisk FactorsImmune Checkpoint Inhibitorsacute coronary syndromeatherosclerosiscardio‐oncologyimmune checkpoint inhibitorimmunotherapymyocardial infarction

Identifiers

PMID41294138
PMCPMC13055655

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