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ArticleThe international journal of cardiovascular imaging2021

Left ventricular dyssynchrony in long-term childhood cancer survivors treated with anthracyclines: a retrospective cross-sectional study.

Milanthy S Pourier, Myrthe M Dull, Gert Weijers, Jacqueline Loonen, Louise Bellersen, Chris L de Korte, Livia Kapusta, Annelies M C Mavinkurve-Groothuis

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Article in The international journal of cardiovascular imaging, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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2citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Milanthy S PourierDepartment of Pediatrics, Amalia Children's Hospital, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Milanthy.Pourier@radboudumc.nl.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0785-6488
Myrthe M DullDepartment of Pediatrics, Amalia Children's Hospital, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Gert WeijersDepartment of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Medical UltraSound Imaging Centre (MUSIC), Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Jacqueline LoonenDepartment of Hematology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Louise BellersenDepartment of Cardiology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Chris L de KorteDepartment of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Medical UltraSound Imaging Centre (MUSIC), Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Livia KapustaPediatric Cardiology Unit, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv University, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Annelies M C Mavinkurve-GroothuisPrincess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Radboud University Nijmegen · NLPrincess Máxima Center · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate left ventricular contraction patterns in asymptomatic Childhood cancer survivors (CCS) using two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography (2DSTE). Left ventricular longitudinal and circumferential myocardial parameters were assessed using 2DSTE, in asymptomatic CCS and age matched healthy controls. Time to peak (T2P) systolic strain was quantified. Dyssynchrony index (DI) was measured by calculating the standard deviation of T2P systolic strain of six segments in each view. Difference between T2P systolic longitudinal strain of septal and lateral wall was also assessed as a parameter for dyssynchrony. We included 115 CCS with a median age of 17.2 years (range 5.6-39.5) and a median follow up of 11.3 years (range 4.9-29.5) and 119 controls. Conventional echocardiographic parameters and global longitudinal strain were significantly decreased in CCS compared to controls (p < 0.01 and p = 0.02, respectively). Dyssynchrony index did not differ between CCS and controls. There was a clinically insignificant smaller absolute difference between T2P systolic longitudinal of septal and lateral wall in CCS compared to controls. We showed no difference in longitudinal or circumferential left ventricular dyssynchrony in CCS compared to controls using 2DSTE. Future research should focus on assessing dyssynchrony in more segments and a larger CCS population, using both 2D and 3DSTE.

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Cancer SurvivorsNeoplasmsVentricular Dysfunction, LeftAdolescentAdultAnthracyclinesChildChild, PreschoolCross-Sectional StudiesHumansPredictive Value of TestsRetrospective StudiesYoung AdultAnthracyclines2D echocardiographyCardiac toxicityDyssynchronyMyocardial strainStrain rate imaging

Identifiers

PMID34357522
PMCPMC8604879
OpenAlexW3191218090

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