TY - JOUR T1 - Drug-related cardiac pathology JF - Journal of Clinical Pathology JO - J Clin Pathol SP - 1074 LP - 1084 DO - 10.1136/jcp.2008.058255 VL - 62 IS - 12 AU - J Butany AU - E Ahn AU - A Luk Y1 - 2009/12/01 UR - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/62/12/1074.abstract N2 - Many commonly used drugs, with each causing changes that may be potentially lethal, can adversely affect the function of the heart. In addition some drugs have synergistic effects that can also damage cardiovascular tissues. The drug-related cardiotoxic effects of antineoplastic agents, psychotropic medications, heavy metals, substances of abuse, promotility agents, antihistamines, antimicrobials and antiarrhythmic agents are discussed. Hypersensitivity myocarditis is also discussed. ER -