Permanent longitudinal strain damage of cardiotoxic drugs in childhood cancer: What is the safe level?

• Main Authors: Hamid Mohammadi (Author), Hossein Hosseini (Author), Mohammadreza Bordbar (Author), Nima Mehdizadegan (Author), Hamid Amoozgar (Author), Mohammad Reza Edraki (Author), Amir Naghshzan (Author), Nima Naderi (Author), Elham Abedi (Author), Kambiz Keshavarz (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2024-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective: Anthracycline administration in children is associated with cardiac dysfunction. Speckle-tracking echocardiography (STE) can detect subclinical cardiac damage that may go undetected by conventional two-dimensional (2D) echocardiography. This study aims to investigate medium-term anthracyc...