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What are the ways that people go from leaukemia to heart failure?
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Chemotherapy drugs: There are some chemotherapy drugs that have cardiotoxic potential, such as adriamycin (doxorubicin) and anthracycline derivatives, which may cause cardiomyopathy to occur and heart failure.
Answered 2/20/2015
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