Suspected Post-Chemotherapy Cardiomyopathy Hiding Severe Three-Vessel Coronary Artery Disease in a Young Patient with Metabolic Syndrome: Should an Early Angiography be Recommended?

Cardiotoxicity is one of the most important adverse event related to anthracycline therapy and can lead in about 1-5% of cases to the occurrence of heart failure. In a higher percentage of patients treated with these drugs asymptomatic left ventricular dysfunction can occur, so that guidelines recom...

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Published in:	Acta Medica Iranica
Main Authors:	Emanuele Cecchi, Raffaella Calabretta, Alessio Mattesini, Gian Franco Gensini, Cristina Giglioli
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2012-10-01
Subjects:	Post-chemotherapy cardiomyopathy Metabolic syndrome Coronary angiography
Online Access:	https://acta.tums.ac.ir/index.php/acta/article/view/3978