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The antiumor antibiotic adriamycin is presently considered to be a very effctive and useful
chemotherapeutic agent in the treatment of many human tumors. Cardiotoxicity of adriamycin limits
its clinical use. A number of hypotheses have been proposed to explain the mechanism of cardiotox-
icity with adriamycin, but none has yet been demonstrated.
The effects of adriamycin on twitch force and membrane potential in an... |