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01.12.2017 | Case report
Doxorubicin
Moderate impairment of cardiac contractibility: case report
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Ausgabe 1/2017
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In a single institution long-term prospective study, a patient [age and sex not stated] was described, who developed moderate impairment of cardiac contractibility during treatment with doxorubicin [duration of treatment to reaction onset not stated]. The patient, who was newly diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma, started receiving chemotherapy with ABVD regimen that included IV doxorubicin 25 mg/m2 for days 1 and 15. Subsequently, the patient developed moderate impairment of cardiac contractibility. The patient was treated with carvedilol and a favourable outcome was achieved. …