“…More recently, there have been increasing reports of cardiovascular events also associated with CD19-directed CAR-T therapy including hypotension, pulmonary edema, heart failure, arrythmia, and cardiac arrest. 52 , 53 , 54 , 55 , 56 Acute cardiotoxicity occurs mostly in the context of cytokine release syndrome (CRS), which is caused by surge in cytokines due to the activation of immune cells themselves as well as the resultant tumor-cell lysis. The rate of cardiotoxicity generally correlates with the severity of CRS, 54 and a recent study showed lower rates of cardiotoxicity when there was a shorter time between the start of CRS and the administration of IL-6 inhibitor tocilizumab.…”