Cardiac Re-synchronization Therapy in a Child With Severe Anthracycline-induced Congestive Heart Failure and Normal QRS Duration

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1333-1335

  Jones, Bryn O ^a   Davis, Andrew M ^a   Alison, Jeff ^b   Weintraub, Robert G ^a   Butt, Warwick ^a   Cheung, Michael M H ^a  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMSACRINE; ANTHRACYCLINE; CARVEDILOL; CYTARABINE; DAUNORUBICIN; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DOBUTAMINE; ETOPOFOS; FUROSEMIDE; LEVOSIMENDAN; LISINOPRIL;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIOTOXICITY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ASYNERGY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANTHRACYCLINES; CHILD; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, ACUTE; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 37249023006     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2007.09.003     Document Type: Article

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