Role of NT-proBNP in detection of myocardial damage in childhood leukemia survivors treated with and without anthracyclines

B Mladosievicova, D Urbanova, E Radvanska… - Journal of Experimental …, 2012 - Springer
Background Exposure to anthracyclines (ANT) during childhood represents a high risk for
development of late cardiotoxicity. Cardiotoxicity is usually detected only when clinical …

N-terminal-proB-type natriuretic peptide as a marker for acute anthracycline cardiotoxicity in children

S Ekstein, A Nir, AJJT Rein, Z Perles… - Journal of pediatric …, 2007 - journals.lww.com
Background Anthracyclines are widely used in the treatment of pediatric cancer but their use
is associated with cardiotoxicity. The cardiotoxic effect may become clinically apparent many …

Abnormal NT‐pro‐BNP levels in asymptomatic long‐term survivors of childhood cancer treated with anthracyclines

AMC Mavinkurve‐Groothuis… - Pediatric blood & …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Background Anthracycline‐induced cardiotoxicity can cause serious health problems for an
increasing number of survivors of childhood malignancies. The aims of this study were to …

Correlation of plasma N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide levels with left ventricle mass in children treated with anthracyclines

I Germanakis, M Kalmanti, F Parthenakis… - International journal of …, 2006 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: The incidence of subclinical cardiotoxicity following anthracycline treatment
for childhood cancer varies according to the method used for its detection. The aim of the …

NT‐proBNP as Early Marker of Subclinical Late Cardiotoxicity after Doxorubicin Therapy and Mediastinal Irradiation in Childhood Cancer Survivors

A Zidan, LM Sherief, A El-sheikh, SH Saleh… - Disease …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Background. Childhood cancer survivors treated with anthracyclines and mediastinal
irradiation are at risk for late onset cardiotoxicity. Aims of the Study. To assess the role of N …

The utility of NT− proBNP and various echocardiographic methods in the determination of doxorubicin induced subclinical late cardiotoxicity

A Yildirim, FS Tunaoglu… - Polish Heart Journal …, 2013 - journals.viamedica.pl
Background and aim: Our aims were to investigate the utility of plasma N terminal-pro B-type
natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) level and find the most beneficial echocardiographic …

Serial measurements of NT-proBNP are predictive of not-high-dose anthracycline cardiotoxicity in breast cancer patients

S Romano, S Fratini, E Ricevuto, V Procaccini… - British journal of …, 2011 - nature.com
Background: The aim of this study was to assess the value of N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic
peptide (NT-proBNP) in predicting late cardiotoxicity in patients treated with not-high-dose …

Cardiotoxicity of anthracycline (ANT) treatment in children with malignant tumors

H Hu, W Zhang, D Huang, Q Yang, J Li… - Pediatric hematology …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: To investigate the cardiotoxicity indexes in children with malignant tumors after
the administration of anthracycline (ANT) chemotherapy. Materials and Methods: Data from …

Plasma concentrations of NT-pro-BNP and cardiac troponin-I in relation to doxorubicin-induced cardiomyopathy and cardiac function in childhood malignancy.

M Soker, M Kervancioglu - Saudi medical journal, 2005 - europepmc.org
Objective Anthracyclines are well established as highly efficacious antineoplastic agents for
childhood malignancy, but they frequently cause dose-related cardiotoxicity. For this reason …

Cardiac biomarkers indicate a need for sensitive cardiac imaging among long‐term childhood cancer survivors exposed to anthracyclines

K Ylänen, T Poutanen, T Savukoski, A Eerola… - Acta …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Aim The role that plasma N‐terminal pro‐brain natriuretic peptide (NT‐proBNP) and cardiac
troponins T (cTnT) and I (cTnI) play in supplementing imaging to screen for cardiac late …