Echocardiographic Evolution of Doxorubicin Cardiotoxicity in Oncologic Patients

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cardiotoxicidad, doxorrubicina, ecocardiografía.

Abstract

Introduction: Cardiotoxicity is a serious complication in oncologic therapies, so exposure to doxorubicin should be adequately monitored.

Objective: To determine the echocardiographic evolution of doxorubicin cardiotoxicity in oncologic patients.

Methods: Observational, analytical and prospective study was performed at the Medical-Surgical Research Center of Havana, Cuba between 2020 and 2023. Thirty-six oncologic patients treated with doxorubicin were included. Echocardiographic follow-up was performed at the beginning of the study and periodically for three years. Patients were divided into two groups, according to the presence of cardiotoxicity. For statistical analysis, absolute and relative frequencies were used for qualitative variables and the mean with standard deviation for quantitative variables. Relative risk with 95% confidence interval was used; p values < 0.05 were considered significant.

Results: Women and breast cancer were more frequent (80 and 58 %, respectively). The average age was 57 ± 9.6 years. Twenty-two percent of patients developed cardiotoxicity; this was related to the presence of dyslipidemia (p = 0.04 [RR 6.1 CI: 1.1 RR 33.2]) and mean dose of doxorubicin (p < 0.01). The most affected echocardiographic variables at 3 years were ejection fraction (p < 0.02) and global longitudinal deformity (p < 0.04).

Conclusions: Doxorubicin cardiotoxicity is frequent and the main affectations are evidenced in ejection fraction and global longitudinal deformity of the left ventricle.

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2024-05-22

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Maestre Rodríguez R, Hernández Navas M, Abreu Cruz Ángel, Plasencia Díaz E, Nápolez Martínez L, Moreno García AM. Echocardiographic Evolution of Doxorubicin Cardiotoxicity in Oncologic Patients. Rev. cuba. cardiol. cir. cardiovasc. [Internet]. 2024 May 22 [cited 2025 Mar. 10];30:e2226. Available from: https://revcardiologia.sld.cu/index.php/revcardiologia/article/view/2226

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