Research Article

Right Ventricular Dysfunction in Patients Experiencing Cardiotoxicity during Breast Cancer Therapy

Table 4

Ventricular function at time of cardiotoxicity and at follow-up () in patients with only left ventricular dysfunction at the time of cardiotoxicity and in those with biventricular dysfunction.

Cardiotoxicity Posttreatment

Left ventricular dysfunction
 EF Biplane (%)44 ± 751 ± 9
 GLS−15.7 ± 2.4−17.6 ± 3.1
 FAC (%)44 ± 546 ± 9
 RVGLS−22.2 ± 1.4
 RVFWLS−27.0 ± 3.2−26.1 ± 6.6
Biventricular dysfunction based on RVGLS
 EF biplane (%)47 ± 352 ± 3
 LV GLS−14.4 ± 1.7−16.4 ± 1.6
 FAC39 ± 1148 ± 6
 RVGLS−17.8 ± 1.2−22.3 ± 2.9
 RVFWLS−21.6 ± 2.8−26.3 ± 5.0
Biventricular dysfunction based on RVFWLS
 EF biplane (%)49 ± 552 ± 2.5
 LV GLS−15.6 ± 0.8−16.1 ± 1.1
 FAC33 ± 1148 ± 3
 RVGLS−14.6 ± 0.7−21.8 ± 2.1
 RVFWLS−19.5 ± 1.1−23.5 ± 2.4

Abbreviations as per Table 2.