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Usefulness of Stress Echocardiography in the Management of Patients Treated with Anticancer Drugs.
Maurizio GalderisiAntonello D'andreaMaria Concetta PastoreDaniela Di LisiCiro SantoroRoberta EspositoSimona SperlonganoGiulia Elena MandoliMatteo CameliVincenzo EvolaGiuseppina NovoGirolamo Mannosubject
medicine.medical_specialtymedicine.medical_treatmentAntineoplastic Agents030204 cardiovascular system & hematologyCoronary artery disease030218 nuclear medicine & medical imagingCoronary artery diseaseAntineoplastic Agent03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineAntineoplastic therapeutic protocolsEchocardiography StreNeoplasmsAntineoplastic therapeutic protocolmedicineStress EchocardiographyHumansRadiology Nuclear Medicine and imagingIn patientCADIntensive care medicineAntineoplastic therapeutic protocols CAD Cardio-oncology Cardiotoxicity Coronary artery disease Stress echocardiography Cardiotoxicity Early Detection of Cancer Echocardiography Echocardiography Stress Humans Antineoplastic Agents NeoplasmsEarly Detection of CancerSubclinical infectionChemotherapyCardiotoxicitybusiness.industryCancerAntineoplastic therapeutic protocols; CAD; Cardio-oncology; Cardiotoxicity; Coronary artery disease; Stress echocardiographymedicine.diseaseCardiotoxicityCardio-oncologyStress echocardiographyAnticancer treatmentEchocardiographyCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinebusinessHumanEchocardiography Stressdescription
In recent years, the survival of patients with cancer has improved thanks to advances in antineoplastic therapeutic protocols. This has led to an increasing burden of cardiovascular complications related to cancer treatment. Therefore, a new branch of cardiology has been created, ``cardio-oncology,'' with the aims of preventing cardiovascular complications related to antineoplastic treatment, achieving early diagnosis and treatment of any complications, and allowing completion of the expected antineoplastic treatment. Stress echocardiography has a pivotal role in achieving a timely diagnosis of coronary artery disease and thus is the best management approach in this clinical setting. Atherosclerotic processes can be exacerbated by both chemotherapy and chest irradiation in patients with cancer, even several years after anticancer treatment completion. Moreover, stress echocardiography has many other potential applications, such as in the evaluation of subclinical left ventricular dysfunction and contractile reserve in patients treated with anticancer drugs that have the potential to induce myocardial damage, as well as evaluating valve disease. The objective of this review is to delineate the role of stress echocardiography in cardio-oncology.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-02-01 | Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : official publication of the American Society of Echocardiography |