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[A heart transplant in a patient with doxorubicin-induced myocardiopathy as a complication of the treatment of a lymphoma].
- Source :
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Revista espanola de cardiologia [Rev Esp Cardiol] 1994 Nov; Vol. 47 (11), pp. 777-9. - Publication Year :
- 1994
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Abstract
- We present the case of a young man who developed severe cardiomyopathy eight years after receiving high-dose doxorubicin therapy as treatment for diffuse lymphoblastic lymphoma. He underwent cardiac transplantation and eighteen months later the tumor has not recurred and the patient has no cardiac symptoms.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols therapeutic use
Cardiomyopathy, Dilated pathology
Cyclophosphamide administration & dosage
Daunorubicin administration & dosage
Doxorubicin administration & dosage
Humans
Male
Methotrexate administration & dosage
Myocardium pathology
Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma drug therapy
Prednisone administration & dosage
Time Factors
Vincristine administration & dosage
Cardiomyopathy, Dilated chemically induced
Cardiomyopathy, Dilated surgery
Doxorubicin adverse effects
Heart Transplantation
Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma complications
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- Spanish; Castilian
- ISSN :
- 0300-8932
- Volume :
- 47
- Issue :
- 11
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Revista espanola de cardiologia
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 7800910