Open AccessChemotherapy-induced cardiotoxicity: Subclinical cardiac dysfunction evidence using speckle tracking echocardiography
Author(s) -
Ines Monte,
Vera Bottari,
Sergio Buccheri,
Anita Blundo,
Luana Sirugo,
S. Leggio,
Salvatore Licciardi
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of cardiovascular echography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.255
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 2347-193X
pISSN - 2211-4122
DOI - 10.4103/2211-4122.117983
Subject(s) - medicine , mitoxantrone , cardiotoxicity , cardiology , discontinuation , subclinical infection , speckle tracking echocardiography , chemotherapy , heart failure , cardiac dysfunction , ejection fraction
In our study, we aimed to identify early markers of cardiac dysfunction in patients treated with mitoxantrone. We also looked at cardiac functional changes during therapy by analyzing longitudinal deformation and by measuring left ventricular (LV) and left atrial (LA) global strain.