Posted: July 25th, 2017

A 55-year-old woman with breast cancer develops shortness of breath and poor exercise tolerance while being treated with doxorubicin. Which of the following is the most likely cause of these symptoms?

A 55-year-old woman with breast cancer
develops shortness of breath and poor exercise
tolerance while being treated with doxorubicin.
Which of the following is the most likely cause
of these symptoms?
(A) Dilated cardiomyopathy
(B) Obstructive pulmonary disease
(C) Pulmonary hypertension
(D) Restrictive cardiomyopathy
(E) Restrictive pulmonary disease