Title
Acute reversible right ventricular failure following anthracycline treatment
Date Issued
01 January 1995
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Rumoroso J.
Montes P.
Garcia J.
Arrizabalaga J.
Arana J.
Barrenetxea J.
Abstract
Anthracyclines are very effective antineoplastic agents for the treatment of acute leukemia. Early and late dose-related cardiotoxicity can occur. We present a 33 year old women who developed a reversible right heart failure fifteen days after receiving a treatment with doxorubicine. Severe regional wall motion abnormalities were appreciated through two-dimensional and Doppler-flow echocardiography, there was no evidence of impaired systolic or diastolic left ventricle function. Two weeks later, remission of acute right ventricle failure was obtained, echocardiographic assessment was normal at this time. Incidence of right ventricle abnormalities after treatment is discussed.
Start page
205
End page
207
Volume
48
Issue
3
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencias del cuidado de la salud y servicios (administración de hospitales, financiamiento)
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-0028924098
PubMed ID
Source
Revista Espanola de Cardiologia
ISSN of the container
03008932
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