Correlation between Melphalan chemotherapy with longitudinal global strain indices of the left ventricle in multiple myeloma patients: a velocity vector imaging (VVI) echocardiography study

• Main Authors: Liaosadat Mirsafaee (Author), Mohammad Dehghani Firouzabadi (Author), Sayeh Parkhideh (Author), Hassan Vahidnezhad (Author), Fatemeh Dehghani Firouzabadi (Author), Maryam Arab (Author), David M. Yousem (Author), Mersedeh Karvandi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Babol University of Medical Sciences, 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Multiple myeloma (MM) is characterized by the neoplastic proliferation of plasma cells, leading to the production of monoclonal immunoglobulins. High-dose chemotherapy with autologous stem cell transplant has been used in the treatment of patients with MM (1). Melphalan (L-phenylalanine nitrogen mus...