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Use of which one of the following may cause cardiomyopathy?

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One of these drugs belongs to a class famous for cumulative-dose heart muscle damage.
Updated On: Jul 16, 2026
  • Adriamycin
  • Carboplatin
  • Dactinomycin
  • Etoposide
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The Correct Option is A

Solution and Explanation

This question tests recall of the one chemotherapy drug class famous for direct heart muscle damage.

  1. Adriamycin: correct — an anthracycline with well-documented, dose-related cardiomyopathy.
  2. Carboplatin: wrong — its major toxicities are bone marrow suppression and kidney injury, not the heart.
  3. Dactinomycin: wrong — mainly causes marrow suppression and mucosal toxicity.
  4. Etoposide: wrong — causes myelosuppression and infusion-related hypotension, not cardiomyopathy.

Correct answer: Adriamycin.

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