Two cases of acute promyelocytic leukemia complicated by torsade de pointes during arsenic trioxide therapy

International Journal of Hematology

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 318-323

  Naito, Kensuke ^a   Kobayashi, Miki ^a   Sahara, Naohi ^a   Shigeno, Kazuyuki ^a   Nakamura, Satoki ^a   Shinjo, Kaori ^a   Tobita, Tadasu ^b   Takeshita, Akihiro ^a   Ohno, Ryuzo ^c   Ohnishi, Kazunori ^a  

^a HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b University of Tokyo   (Japan)

^c AICHI CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute promyelocytic leukemia; Arsenic trioxide therapy; Torsade de pointes

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACYCLINE; ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; FLUCONAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; ECG ABNORMALITY; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; LEUKEMIA RELAPSE; PROMYELOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; QT PROLONGATION; TORSADE DES POINTES;

ADULT; ANTHRACYCLINES; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ARSENICALS; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; FEMALE; FLUCONAZOLE; HUMANS; HYPOKALEMIA; LEUKEMIA, PROMYELOCYTIC, ACUTE; MIDDLE AGED; OXIDES; TIME FACTORS; TORSADES DE POINTES;

EID: 33744464511     PISSN: 09255710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1532/IJH97.05056     Document Type: Article

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