Right heart function deteriorates in breast cancer patients undergoing anthracycline-based chemotherapy

Right heart function deteriorates in breast cancer patients undergoing anthracycline-based chemotherapy

Background: Cardiotoxicity from anthracycline-based chemotherapy is an important cause of early and late morbidity and mortality in breast cancer patients. Left ventricular (LV) function is assessed for patients receiving anthracycline-based chemotherapy to identify cardiotoxicity. However, animal s...

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Main Authors: Kevin Emery Boczar, Olexiy Aseyev, Jeffrey Sulpher, Christopher Johnson, Ian G Burwash, Michele Turek, Susan Dent, Girish Dwivedi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Bioscientifica 2016-08-01
Series:Echo Research and Practice
Subjects:
right heart function
chemotherapy
cardiotoxicity
echocardiography
Online Access:http://www.echorespract.com/content/3/3/79.full

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