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Tissue Doppler imaging and conventional echocardiography after anthracycline treatment in adults: Early and late alterations of left ventricular function during a prospective study

Authors :
Jacques Elaerts
Sophie Tassan-Mangina
Daniela Codorean
Chantal Himberlin
Pierre Nazeyrollas
Anne Marie Blaise
Brigitte Costa
Christelle Jouannaud
Marie Metivier
Source :
European Journal of Echocardiography. 7:141-146
Publication Year :
2006
Publisher :
Oxford University Press (OUP), 2006.

Abstract

To evaluate the short and long-term effects of anthracycline chemotherapy in adults using conventional echocardiography and pulsed tissue Doppler imaging (TDI).Twenty patients were included of which 16 had a complete follow up. They underwent an echocardiography before chemotherapy, 1-3 months and 3.5+/-0.6 years after the treatment. We recorded pulsed TDI at the mitral annulus, the basal segments of the left ventricular (LV) lateral and posterior walls; peak velocities in systole (Sm), early (Em) and late diastole and the isovolumic relaxation time (IVRT) were measured. The cumulative dose of doxorubicin was 211+/-82 g/m2. Early after anthracycline therapy, we observed changes in the diastolic LV function with a decrease of the mitral E peak velocity and TDI Em. At the late control, diastolic changes were more pronounced and associated with an alteration of the systolic function (LV ejection fraction and Sm). Four patients had a LV ejection fraction50%; in these patients we observed a mitral annulus IVRT80 ms at the early control; this could be of interest to predict later impairment of the LV ejection fraction.We found early changes in LV diastolic function and observed that late impairment of the LV ejection fraction occurred frequently after anthracycline therapy, despite normal systolic LV function during the first months of follow-up.

Details

ISSN :
15252167
Volume :
7
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
European Journal of Echocardiography
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....d4c7f7af52c1f8eee6b3546703761917
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euje.2005.04.009