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Myocardial high-energy phosphate metabolism is altered after treatment with anthracycline in childhood.
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PMID:  11117394     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
OBJECTIVES: We aimed to investigate whether changes in high-energy phosphate metabolism after treatment of children and young adults with anthracycline can be demonstrated non-invasively by 31P magnetic resonance spectroscopy. BACKGROUND: Abnormal myocardial energy metabolism has been suggested as a mechanism for anthracycline-induced cardiotoxicity. Deterioration in such has been shown in animal studies by resonance spectroscopy. METHODS: We studied 62 patients, with a mean age of 13.5+/-5 years, 3.7+/-4.3 years after a cumulative anthracycline dose of 270+/-137 mg/m2. Normal echocardiographic findings had been elicited in 54 patients. The control group consisted of 28 healthy subjects aged 20+/-7 years. Resonance spectrums of the anterior left ventricular myocardium were obtained at 1.5 Tesla using an image-selected in vivo spectroscopy localization technique. RESULTS: The ratio of phosphocreatine to adenosine triphosphate after blood correction was 1.09+/-0.43 for the patients, and 1.36+/-0.36 (mean+/-SD) for controls (p=0.005), with a significantly reduced mean ratio even in the subgroup of patients with normal echocardiographic results (1.11+/-0.44 versus 1.36+/-0.36, p=0.01). The ratio did not correlate with the cumulative dose of anthracycline. The ratio of phosphodiester to adenosine triphosphate was similar in patients and controls (0.90+/-0.56 versus 0.88+/-0.62). CONCLUSIONS: In patients treated with anthracyclines in childhood, myocardial high-energy phosphate metabolism may be impaired even in the absence of cardiomyopathy. Our data support the concept that anthracycline-induced cardiotoxicity is not clearly dose dependent.
Authors:
A B Eidenschink; G Schröter; S Müller-Weihrich; H Stern
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Cardiology in the young     Volume:  10     ISSN:  1047-9511     ISO Abbreviation:  Cardiol Young     Publication Date:  2000 Nov 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2000-12-14     Completed Date:  2000-12-28     Revised Date:  2004-11-17    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9200019     Medline TA:  Cardiol Young     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  610-7     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Technical University of Munich, Germany. Andrea@Eidenschinks.de
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adenosine Triphosphate / metabolism
Adolescent
Adult
Anthracyclines / adverse effects*,  therapeutic use
Child
Child, Preschool
Energy Metabolism / drug effects*
Female
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
Male
Myocardium / metabolism*
Neoplasms / drug therapy
Phosphates / metabolism*
Phosphocreatine / metabolism
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Anthracyclines; 0/Phosphates; 56-65-5/Adenosine Triphosphate; 67-07-2/Phosphocreatine

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