Reversible cardiac dysfunction without myocytolysis related to all-trans retinoic acid administration during induction therapy of acute promyelocytic leukemia

Ann Hematol. 2009 Jan;88(1):91-2. doi: 10.1007/s00277-008-0552-2. Epub 2008 Jul 17.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Agents* / adverse effects
  • Antineoplastic Agents* / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Leukemia, Promyelocytic, Acute / drug therapy*
  • Male
  • Myocardium / pathology
  • Neoadjuvant Therapy* / adverse effects
  • Tretinoin* / adverse effects
  • Tretinoin* / therapeutic use
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / chemically induced*
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Tretinoin