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ArticleInternational journal of cardiology. Heart & vasculature2015

The role of TNF-α, Fas/Fas ligand system and NT-proBNP in the early detection of asymptomatic left ventricular dysfunction in cancer patients treated with anthracyclines.

Alexandros Kouloubinis, Sofia Sofroniadou, Vasileios F Panoulas, Konstantinos Makaritsis, Ioanna Revela, George Karavolias, Vasileios Voudris, Stamatios Adamopoulos

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Article in International journal of cardiology. Heart & vasculature, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Alexandros KouloubinisOnassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Department of Cardiology, 356 Siggrou Avenue,17674 Athens, Greece.
Sofia SofroniadouCenter for Nephrology «G.Papadakis», General Hospital of Pireaus, Pireaus, Greece.
Vasileios F PanoulasGuy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, Lambeth Palace Road, SE1 7EH London, UK.
Konstantinos MakaritsisUniversity of Larissa, Department of Internal Medicine, Larissa, Greece.
Ioanna RevelaCenter for Nephrology «G.Papadakis», General Hospital of Pireaus, Pireaus, Greece.
George KaravoliasOnassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Department of Cardiology, 356 Siggrou Avenue,17674 Athens, Greece.
Vasileios VoudrisOnassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Department of Cardiology, 356 Siggrou Avenue,17674 Athens, Greece.
Stamatios AdamopoulosOnassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Department of Cardiology, 356 Siggrou Avenue,17674 Athens, Greece.
Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center · GRGuy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust · GBUniversity Hospital of Larissa · GR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAnthracycline-induced cardiotoxicity typically presents as congestive heart failure (CHF). As immuno-inflammatory activation and apoptosis are important mechanisms in the process of heart failure, the use of biomarkers that could detect cardiovascular toxicity before the clinical presentation is of great importance. We studied whether sTNF-a, sTNF-RI, sTNF-RII, Fas/FasLigand system and NT-proBNP associate with early cardiac dysfunction in patients receiving cardiotoxic drugs.

methodsTwo groups of breast cancer patients-group A with metastatic disease under chemotherapy with epirubicin and group B with no residual disease under a less cardiotoxic regimen-as well as healthy women were included in this prosprective study. NT-proBNP, sTNF-a, sTNF-RI, sTNF-RII, sFas, sFas-Ligand and left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) were determined in all patients before and after the completion of chemotherapy.

resultsIn Group A, an increase in sFas levels (

conclusionSFas, sFas-L and NT-proBNP correlate with reductions in LVEF and could be used as sensitive biochemical indices for the detection of asymptomatic left ventricular dysfunction in cancer patients under cardiotoxic chemotherapy.

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AnthracyclinesCardiotoxicityFas/Fas ligandNT-proBNPTNF-α

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