Irreversible proteasome inhibition with carfilzomib as first line therapy in patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma: Early in vivo cardiovascular effects

At early follow up we did not observe events of grade 3 or 4. We observe correlation between events and endothelial dysfunction at baseline and age (OR 1.9, CI 95% 0.05-5.804, P- value: 0.038 for RHI<1.67; OR 1,4, CI 95%0.99-2.56, P- value: 0.04 for age). Our results suggest that therapy with carfilzomib when used as first line therapy is responsible for increase in systemic blood pressure, alteration of endothelium-mediated vascular dilatation and early myocardial diastolic dysfunction.