Lone atrial fibrillation: more than meets the eye.
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Doxorubicin has been used as a chemotherapeutic agent for over 30 years. Its cardiac toxicity has been known for over 20 years. In recent years, delayed-onset cardiac toxicity has been described as yet another cardiac complication of doxorubicin and other anthracyclines. The following case is felt to represent such an example.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of insurance medicine
دوره 36 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2004