title: [New methods in early diagnosis of a cardiomyopathy caused by adriamycin].
abstract: The cytostatic drug Adriamycin can, when given in overdose, cause a congestive (dilative) cardiomyopathy. In 120 patients, chest X-ray and ECG proved unsuitable for the early detection of this cardiomyopathy. However, a relatively early diagnosis of a cardiomyopathy can be made using echocardiography, radiocardiography, including determination of the minimal cardiac transit time, and through the determination of systolic time intervals. Especially the latter method represents a simple, economic, and yet exact means for the early recognition of Adriamycin-induced cardiomyopathy.
mesh_terms: D006332:Cardiomegaly / Q000175:diagnosis; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004317:Doxorubicin / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004452:Echocardiography; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography; D013599:Systole
chemical_list: D004317:Doxorubicin
vernacular_title: Neuere Methoden in der Früherkennung einer durch Adriamycin induzierten Kardiomyopathie.