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Open AccessRight ventricle involvement in patients with breast cancer treated with chemotherapy
Anthracyclines can cause left ventricular (LV) dysfunction. There is little data about right ventricular (RV) damage during chemotherapy.
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Chemotherapy-related cardiac dysfunction: the usefulness of myocardial work indices
Aims: The role of left ventricular global longitudinal strain (GLS) in the diagnosis of subclinical cardiac damage induced by anticancer drugs is now consolidated. Considering some strain disadvantages such as...
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Effects of SGLT2 inhibitors on cardiac structure and function
SGLT2 inhibitors reduce cardiovascular death or hospitalization for heart failure, regardless of the presence or absence of diabetes in patients at high cardiovascular risk and in those with heart failure and ...
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Diagnostic Methods of Cardiac Immunotherapy Damaging
Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) in the last few years are becoming a mainstay of cancer treatment. Although adverse events from immune ICIs are a common occurrence, cardiotoxic (CTX) effects are uncommon, ...
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The prognostic role of CMR using global planimetric criteria in patients with excessive left ventricular trabeculation
Although cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) is widely used in the assessment of left ventricular non-compaction (LVNC), there are no universally accepted diagnostic criteria and limited data regarding the...
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Cardiovascular Damage Induced by Anti-VEGF Therapy
Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) plays an important role in maintaining the regular homeostasis of vascular walls. VEGF binds its receptor (VEGFR) promoting the regular survival and function of endoth...
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Cardiovascular Damage Induced by Anti-BCR-ABL TKIs
Anti-BCR-ABL TKIs (tyrosine kinase inhibitors) are drugs that inhibit BCR ABL tyrosine. They are used especially in the treatment of hematological cancer and gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST). Anti-BCR-AB...
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Open AccessPreclinical atherosclerosis and metabolic syndrome increase cardio- and cerebrovascular events rate: a 20-year follow up
Intima-media thickness (IMT) is a validated marker of preclinical atherosclerosis and a predictor of cardiovascular events.
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Timely Recognition of Cardiovascular Toxicity by Anticancer Agents: A Common Objective of the Pharmacologist, Oncologist and Cardiologist
Both conventional and new anticancer drugs can frequently cause adverse cardiovascular effects, which can span from subclinical abnormalities to serious life-threatening and sometimes fatal events. This review...