title: [Echocardiography studies for detection of cardiotoxic side effects of anthracycline therapy in childhood].
abstract: An anthracycline-induced cardiomyopathy can already appear at a total cumulative dose of less then 550 mg/m2. Noninvasive cardiological methods have been used in order to detect these fatal side effects early. For cardiological control we applied echo-cardiography with measurements of ventricular size and left ventricular function. 5 out of 39 children who were off anthracycline therapy for 3 months to 8 years showed a decline in left ventricular function, but no clinical symptoms. At present 16 children with anthracycline therapy are controlled by echocardiography. In 2 patients a transient myocardial dysfunction was diagnosed. After stopping anthracycline therapy the left ventricular function improved within 2 to 3 months without specific cardiac treatment.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Kinderheilkunde, Medizinischen Akademie Magdeburg.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Richter
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Grumpelt
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Mittler
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Kluba
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000903:Antibiotics, Antineoplastic / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects*; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000139:chemically induced*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy; D007938:Leukemia / Q000188:drug therapy; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000188:drug therapy; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000188:drug therapy; D009396:Wilms Tumor / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D000903:Antibiotics, Antineoplastic
vernacular_title: Echokardiographische Untersuchungen zur Erkennung kardiotoxischer Nebenwirkungen der Anthrazyklintherapie im Kindesalter.