{"title":"Delayed cardiac toxicity from anthracycline therapy.","authors":"L Steinherz, P Steinherz","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Survivors of childhood cancer who received anthracycline treatment have a high incidence of abnormal cardiac function. Cardiac decompensation and death can appear many years after completion of chemotherapy. These survivors require periodic evaluation of cardiac function and rhythm.</p>","PeriodicalId":77588,"journal":{"name":"Pediatrician","volume":"18 1","pages":"49-52"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1991-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Pediatrician","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Survivors of childhood cancer who received anthracycline treatment have a high incidence of abnormal cardiac function. Cardiac decompensation and death can appear many years after completion of chemotherapy. These survivors require periodic evaluation of cardiac function and rhythm.