Assessment of Prognostic Value of Left Ventricular Global Longitudinal Strain for Early Prediction of Chemotherapy-Induced Cardiotoxicity

K. Oikonomou, Evangelos; G. Kokkinidis, Damianos; Ν. Kampaktsis, Polydoros; Amir, Eitan; H. Marwick, Thomas; Gupta, Dipti; Thavendiranathan, Paaladinesh

doi:10.1001/jamacardio.2019.2952

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Assessment of Prognostic Value of Left Ventricular Global Longitudinal Strain for Early Prediction of Chemotherapy-Induced Cardiotoxicity

Published in JAMA Cardiology • Aug 21, 2019

Authors:

Evangelos K. Oikonomou

Damianos G. Kokkinidis

Polydoros Ν. Kampaktsis

Abstract

Importance: Echocardiographic left ventricular global longitudinal strain (GLS) detects early subclinical ventricular dysfunction and can be used in patients receiving potentially cardiotoxic chemotherapy. A meta-analysis of the prognostic value of GLS for cancer therapy-related cardiac dysfunction ...

Subject

Medicine

Cardiotoxicity

Chemotherapy

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