Cardiac Sympathetic Hyperactivity after Chemotherapy: Early Sign of Cardiotoxicity?

Background: Chemotherapy with anthracyclines and trastuzumab can cause cardiotoxicity. Alteration of cardiac adrenergic function assessed by metaiodobenzylguanidine labeled with iodine-123 (123I-mIBG) seems to precede the drop in left ventricular ejection fraction. Objective: To evaluate and to comp...

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Main Authors: Sarita Lígia Pessoa de Melo Machado Guimarães, Simone Cristina Soares Brandão, Luciana Raposo Andrade, Rafael José Coelho Maia, Brivaldo Markman Filho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia (SBC) 2015-01-01
Series:Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0066-782X2015005050075&lng=en&tlng=en