Research Article

Electrocardiographic Characteristics of Breast Cancer Patients Treated with Chemotherapy

Table 2

Echocardiographic parameters before and at each follow-up point during chemotherapy in breast cancer patients.

VariableT0T1 valueT2 valueT3 value

LVIDd (cm)4.60 ± 0.294.64 ± 0.290.4224.67 ± 0.300.1844.58 ± 0.270.711
LA (cm)3.00 ± 0.313.05 ± 0.390.4583.06 ± 0.270.4253.01 ± 0.320.919
LVEF (%)67.00 ± 4.0766.09 ± 3.940.20165.95 ± 3.960.13965.34 ± 4.000.052
E/A ratio1.10 ± 0.351.16 ± 0.480.3891.11 ± 0.410.8731.03 ± 0.380.334
E/E′ ratio7.64 ± 1.747.99 ± 1.990.2987.86 ± 1.930.5197.28 ± 1.960.310

Values are mean ± SD. Compared with T0 . T0, baseline before chemotherapy; T1, after 1 cycle of chemotherapy; T2, after 3 cycles of chemotherapy; T3, end of chemotherapy; LVIDd, left ventricular internal dimension diastole; LA, left atrial diameter; LVEF, left ventricle ejection fraction.