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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

Citation
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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