Long-term serial echocardiographic examination of late anthracycle cardiotoxicity and its prevention by dexrazoxane in pediatric patients.

• Authors: ELBL Lubomír; HRSTKOVÁ Hana; TOMÁŠKOVÁ Iva; BLAŽEK Bohumír; MICHÁLEK Jaroslav
• Year of publication: 2005
• Type: Article in Periodical
• Magazine / Source: Eur J Pediatr
• MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Medicine
• Field: Cardiovascular diseases incl. cardiosurgery
• Keywords: Late cardiotoxicity; pediatric cancer; echocardiography; dexrazoxane
• Description: Eight-year follow-up by means of serial echocardiographic investigation demonstrated lower presence of impaired left ventricular function in patients treated with anthracyclines and cardioprotective drug dexrazoxane compared to patients without cardioprotection.

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