Permanent longitudinal strain damage of cardiotoxic drugs in childhood cancer: What is the safe level?

Permanent longitudinal strain damage of cardiotoxic drugs in childhood cancer: What is the safe level?

Objective: Anthracycline administration in children is associated with cardiac dysfunction. Speckle-tracking echocardiography (STE) can detect subclinical cardiac damage that may go undetected by conventional two-dimensional (2D) echocardiography. This study aims to investigate medium-term anthracyc...

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Main Authors: Hamid Mohammadi, Hossein Hosseini, Mohammadreza Bordbar, Nima Mehdizadegan, Hamid Amoozgar, Mohammad Reza Edraki, Amir Naghshzan, Nima Naderi, Elham Abedi, Kambiz Keshavarz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2024-05-01
Series:Annals of Pediatric Cardiology
Subjects:
anthracycline
cardiotoxicity
chemotherapy
global longitudinal strain abnormalities
speckle-tracking echocardiography
Online Access:https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/apc.apc_146_23

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