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  Česky / Czech version Čas. Lék. čes., 140, 2001, No. 5, p. 138– 141.
 
After-Effects of the Cytostatic Therapy in Cardiology 
Mladosievičová B. 

Oddelenie klinickej patofyziológie Ústavu patologickej fyziológie LF UK, Bratis lava
 


Summary:

       As more and more oncologic patients are being cured from cancer, problems with long-term c ytostatic cardiologic complications have triggered and intensive investigation. Cardiotoxicity becomes a specific problem for those who survived cancer therapy with anthracycline. Heart failure or ventricular arrhythmias may develop from subclinical myocardial alterations induced by anthracycline therapy. Long-lasting monitoring of cardiac status may help to identify those patients, whose abnormalities have progressive character and who are at risk of fatal complications

        Key words: cardiotoxicity, heart failure, ventricular arrhythmias, anthracycline..
       

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