Subclinical anthracycline-induced cardiotoxicity in long-term follow-up of asymptomatic childhood cancer survivors: Assessment by speckle tracking echocardiography

Cetin S., Babaoglu K., Basar E. Z., Deveci M., Corapcioglu F.

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY-A JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR ULTRASOUND AND ALLIED TECHNIQUES, vol.35, no.2, pp.234-240, 2018 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 35 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2018
  • Doi Number: 10.1111/echo.13743
  • Journal Name: ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY-A JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR ULTRASOUND AND ALLIED TECHNIQUES
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.234-240
  • Keywords: cardiac toxicity, left ventricular function, strain, transthoracic echocardiography, 2-DIMENSIONAL STRAIN, LONGITUDINAL STRAIN, CHILDREN, THERAPY, TOXICITY, FAILURE, ADULTS
  • Kocaeli University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

ObjectiveSurvivors of childhood cancer treated with anthracyclines carry the risk for developing late-onset cardiotoxicity. The purpose of this study was to evaluate left ventricular (LV) function in this patient group and compare it with healthy controls by means of conventional and speckle tracking echocardiography (STE) after exposure to chemotherapy.