Complete regression of massive cardiac involvement associated with acute T cell leukemia following chemotheraphy

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 388-390

  Arat, Nurcan ^a   Bakanay, Sule Mine ^b   Yildiz, Emrah ^a   Tufekcioglu, Omac ^a   Golbasi, Zehra ^a  

^a TURKIYE YUKSEK IHTISAS HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Adult T cell leukemia lymphomas; Echocardiography; Left ventricular dysfunction; Pericardial effusion

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTARABINE; DEXAMETHASONE; DOXORUBICIN; METHOTREXATE; VINCRISTINE;

ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ALKALINIZATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER INVASION; CASE REPORT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART METASTASIS; HEART MUSCLE; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; HYDRATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; NEUTROPENIA; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; T CELL LEUKEMIA; T WAVE; TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR LYSIS SYNDROME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, T-CELL; LEUKEMIC INFILTRATION; MALE; MYOCARDIUM; REMISSION INDUCTION; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 43449089500     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: 15322114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euje.2006.12.006     Document Type: Article

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