Marked left ventricular hypertrophy in children on tacrolimus (FK506) after orthotopic liver transplantation

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Chang, RKR
Alzona, M
Alejos, J
Jue, K
McDiarmid, SV
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[1] Univ Calif Los Angeles, Med Ctr, Pediat Cardiol Off, Dept Pediat,Div Cardiol, Los Angeles, CA 90024 USA
[2] Univ Calif Los Angeles, Med Ctr, Pediat Cardiol Off, Dept Pediat,Div Gastroenterol, Los Angeles, CA 90024 USA
[3] Univ Calif Los Angeles, Med Ctr, Pediat Cardiol Off, Dept Pathol, Los Angeles, CA 90024 USA
[4] Valley Childrens Hosp, Dept Pediat Cardiol, Fresno, CA USA
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10.1016/S0002-9149(98)00126-X
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R5 [内科学];
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1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
Although the cardiac effects of tacrolimus (FK506) have not been well documented, clinical cases of children on FK506 who developed hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy have been reported. We report 2 cases of marked concentric hypertrophy of the left ventricular myocardium found at autopsy in children on FK506.
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