Dynamická zátěžová echokardiorgafie u zátěžových pacientů po proběhlé chemoterapii v dětském věku po prodělaném maligním onemocnění
Title in English | Dynamic stress echocardiography in asymptomatic patients who received chemotherapy in childhood because of a malignant disease |
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Authors | |
Year of publication | 2003 |
Type | Article in Periodical |
Magazine / Source | Kardiologia Polska |
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Field | Paediatry |
Keywords | Dynamic stress echocardiography - cardiotowicity - anthracyclines |
Description | Introducing anthracycline antibiotics into the treatment of children s malignancies contributed enormously to the excellent outcome in children and adolescents. Nevertheless, the cardiotoxicity of such was discovered as early as in the 1970s. Only recently stress tests have been used to detect late cardiotoxic effects of anti-neoplatic drugs. |