Complete atrioventricular block after arsenic trioxide treatment in an acute promyelocytic leukemic patient

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 22, Issue 6 I, 1999, Pages 965-967

  Huang, Chien Hua ^a   Chen, Wen Jone ^a   Wu, Chau Chung ^a   Chen, Yao Chang ^a   Lee, Yuan Teh ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acute promyelocytic leukemia; Arsenic; Complete AV block

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; THALLIUM 201; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ORGANOARSENIC DERIVATIVE; OXIDE;

ACUTE MYELOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; AUTOLOGOUS BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CASE REPORT; ELECTROGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; RELAPSE; WENCKEBACH PERIOD; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART BLOCK; PROMYELOCYTIC LEUKEMIA;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ARSENICALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART BLOCK; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, PROMYELOCYTIC, ACUTE; OXIDES;

EID: 0032970336     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1999.tb06826.x     Document Type: Article

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