Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography Identifies Anthracycline Cardiotoxicity
Author(s) -
Yves Cottin,
Isabelle L’Huillier,
Olivier Casasnovas,
C. Geoffroy,
Denis Caillot,
Marianne Zeller,
Éric Solary,
H. Guy,
JeanEric Wolf
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
european journal of echocardiography
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1525-2167
pISSN - 1532-2114
DOI - 10.1053/euje.2000.0037
Subject(s) - medicine , dobutamine , anthracycline , cardiotoxicity , ejection fraction , chemotherapy , subclinical infection , cardiology , diastole , stress echocardiography , hemodynamics , heart failure , cancer , blood pressure , coronary artery disease , breast cancer
Anthracyclines are effective anti-cancer agents, but their therapeutic value is limited by their myocardial toxicity. We assessed the physiological responses of stress echocardiography at low doses of dobutamine (DSE) in patients treated with anthracycline.
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