Right Ventricular Dysfunction in Patients Experiencing Cardiotoxicity during Breast Cancer Therapy

Table 2

Conventional and strain parameters measured by echocardiography in patients with cardiotoxicity and the control group.

	Control	Cardiotoxicity
Left ventricle
EF Biplane (%)	59 ± 2	46 ± 6	<0.0001
GLS	−21.1 ± 1.2	−15.5 ± 2.4	<0.0001
Right ventricle
RVSP mmHg	24 ± 6.4	29 ± 7.5	0.01
FAC (%)	47 ± 6	42 ± 7	0.01
RVFWLS	−28.8 ± 3.6	−25.0 ± 4.3	0.0005
RVGLS	−25.7 ± 2.7	−21.0 ± 3.1	<0.0001

GLS: global longitudinal strain, FAC: fractional area change, RVFWLS: right ventricular free wall longitudinal strain (3 segments), and RVGLS: right ventricular global longitudinal strain (includes all 6 segments).