Strain imaging detects dose-dependent segmental cardiac dysfunction in the acute phase post breast irradiation

Cardiac evaluation utilising the echocardiographic modality of two-dimensional strain imaging, was performed in forty chemotherapy naive patients with left sided breast cancer, undergoing radiotherapy. The detection of dose-related segmental cardiac dysfunction in the acute phase post breast irradiation has implications on its potential role in the screening and assessment of radiation related cardiotoxicity.

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