Tissue Doppler echocardiography detects subclinical left ventricular dysfunction in patients undergoing chemotherapy for colon cancer: insights from ONCOECHO multicentre study - Concepedia

Concepedia

Publication | Open Access

Tissue Doppler echocardiography detects subclinical left ventricular dysfunction in patients undergoing chemotherapy for colon cancer: insights from ONCOECHO multicentre study

DOI Full Paper Access

11

Citations

0

References

2016

Year

Edyta Płońska‐Gościniak, Monika Różewicz, Jarosław D. Kasprzak, Andrzej Wojtarowicz, Katarzyna Mizia‐Stec, Tomasz Hryniewiecki, Piotr Pysz, Andrzej Kułach, Artur Bodys, Violetta Sulżyc‐Bielicka,

Kardiologia Polska

Abstract

CTX in CRC patients does not affect LV structural parameters and EF. It may, however, trigger subtle changes in myocardial performance detectable by tissue Doppler echocardiography after 12 months. Moreover, it causes a transient increase of QT, which resolves after CTX cessation.