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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia (SBC)
2015-01-01
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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 |