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Prevalence of Right Ventricle Strain Changes following Anthracycline Therapy
Michal Laufer-Perl1,2, Moran Perelman-Gvili2,3, Svetlana Sirota Dorfman1,4
1Department of Cardiology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, 6 Weizman Street, Tel Aviv 6423906, Israel.
Background:
Anthracycline (ANT) is the most recognized therapy known to cause cardiotoxicity, mainly left ventricle (LV) dysfunction. Global Longitudinal Strain (GLS) is the optimal tool for assessment of subclinical LV dysfunction. Right ventricle (RV) function has been recognized as an independent factor for cardiac outcomes; however, data evaluating RV GLS is limited. We aimed to evaluate the change in RV GLS following ANT therapy.
Methods:
The study cohort is part of the Israel Cardio-Oncology Registry (ICOR). All patients performed echocardiography before (T1) and at the end (T3) of ANT therapy. A significant reduction was defined as a relative reduction of ≥10% in RV GLS values.
Results:
The study included 40 female patients with breast cancer treated with ANT. During follow-up, both RV GLS and free wall longitudinal strain systolic peak (RV FWLS PK) decreased significantly (p < 0.001 and p = 0.002). Altogether, 30 (75%) and 23 (58%) patients showed RV GLS and RV FWLS PK ≥ 10% relative reduction. At T3, LV ejection fraction and LV GLS were within normal range.
Conclusions:
RV GLS and RV FWLS PK reduction following ANT exposure is extremely frequent, comparing to LV GLS reduction.
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