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Late-onset Mitochondrial Cardiomyopathy Triggered by Anticancer Treatment.
Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) - 1 Jan 2017
Yamasaki Takashi, Yanishi Kenji, Tateishi Shuhei, Nakanishi Naohiko, Zen Kan, Nakamura Takeshi, Yamano Tetsuhiro, Shiraishi Hirokazu, Shirayama Takeshi, Matoba Satoaki
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We report the case of a 62-year-old woman with a history of bilateral hearing impairment, who developed mitochondrial cardiomyopathy after chemotherapy. The patient underwent postoperative cisplatin chemotherapy after the surgical treatment of cervical cancer. The systolic function of her left ventricle decreased significantly. A tissue examination of the left ventricle revealed mitochondrial cardiomyopathy....
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