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Chemotherapy-Induced Cardiotoxicity in Adolescent After Heart Transplant: Do Not Forget the Right Ventricle

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The evaluation of oncologic patients at risk of chemotherapy-induced cardiotoxicity usually focuses on left ventricular function. However, recent studies have demonstrated that right ventricle impairment often coexists (and in some cases precedes) left-side affectation. We present the case of a 19-year-old heart transplant recipient who developed severe right ventricular dysfunction secondary to treatment of an abdominal lymphoma.

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  1. Pediatric Cardiology Division, Hospital Universitario Infantil La Paz, Madrid, Spain

    Diana Salas-Mera, Lucía Deiros-Bronte, Ángela Uceda-Galiano, Luis García-Guereta & Federico Gutiérrez-Larraya

  2. Pediatric Oncology Division, Hospital Universitario Infantil La Paz, Madrid, Spain

    Yasmina Mozo-Del Castillo

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Salas-Mera, D., Deiros-Bronte, L., Uceda-Galiano, Á. et al. Chemotherapy-Induced Cardiotoxicity in Adolescent After Heart Transplant: Do Not Forget the Right Ventricle. Pediatr Cardiol 40, 1756–1758 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00246-019-02170-8

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