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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Echocardiography. 2018 Mar 30;35(7):922–934. doi: 10.1111/echo.13871

TABLE 3.

Summary of studies evaluating patients at >10 years following anthracycline therapy.

Study Patient Age (years) Timing of Measurements (years) Anthracycline Dose (mg/m2) Cancer Type Software Post-chemotherapyc Controlsc
Cheung et al44 24.1 ± 4.2 15.3 ± 5.8 218 ± 98 ALL, AML EchoPAC, GE GLS: −16.0 ± 3.1 GLS: −17.1 ± 3.2
GCS: −14.3 ± 3.5 GCS: −16.6 ± 4.7
GRS: 32.9 ± 10.9 GRS: 42.3 ± 12.5
Dietz et al45 27 [18 – 50] 17 [5 – 30] 440 [300 – 645] OS, RMS, ES, SS, LY, WT QLAB quantification, Phillips Radial displacement:
5.61 ± 1.16
Radial displacement:
6.73 ± 1.52
Mavinkurve-Groothuis et al46 20 [5.6 – 37.4] 13.2 [5 – 29.2] 180 [50 – 600] ALL, AML, EP, ES, HB, HL, NC, NB, nHL, OS, RMS, WT EchoPAC, GE GLS: −19.8 ± 2.6 GLS: −21.2 ± 1.6
GCS: −15.9 ± 6.7 GCS: −22.6 ± 2.1
GRS: 49 ± 12 GRS: 57 ± 5
Yu et al48, b 31 [18 – 62] 15 [2 – 39] 300 [27 – 660] SA, HL, ALL, AML, nHL EchoPAC 12.0, GE Anthracycline alone: -
GLS: 19 [17 – 20]
GCS: 17.6 [16 – 19.7]
GRS: 42.0 [31.9 – 51.4]
Anthracycline and radiation:
GLS: 18 [16 – 19.5]
GCS: 16.1 [14.5 – 19.7]
GRS: 42.1 [26.5 – 55.2]
Armstrong et al47 31 [18 – 65] 22.6 [10.4 – 48.3] Median not given [0 – 600] LE, ALL, AML, LY, nHL, HL, CNS tumor, Bone tumor, ES, OS, Soft tissue SA, RMS, Nonrhabdo SA, GC, Melanoma, NB, RB, WT, Carcinoma, Other EchoPAC, GE Anthracycline alone: -
GLS: −19.3 ± 2.6
GCS: −20.2 ± 5.0
Anthracyclines and radiation:
GLS: −18.5 ± 2.8
GCS: −20.1 ± 5.0
Christiansen et al49, a 28.6 [18.6 – 46.5] 23.4 [7.4 – 40] Low dose:
120 [40 – 120], Mod-high dose: 240 [173 – 485]
ALL EchoPAC 7, GE Low dose: Low dose:
GLS: −18.1 ± 2.3 GLS: −19.7 ± 2.4
Moderate dose: Moderate dose:
GLS: −18.3 ±1.9 GLS: −19.7 ± 2.4

ALL=acute lymphoblastic leukemia; AML=acute myeloid leukemia; EP=ependymoma; ES=Ewing sarcoma; GC=germ cell tumor; HB=hepatoblastoma; HL=Hodgkin lymphoma; LE=leukemia; LY=lymphoma; NB=neuroblastoma; NC=nasopharyngeal carcinoma; nHL=non-Hodgkin lymphoma; OS=osteosarcoma; RB=retinoblastoma; RMS=rhabdomyosarcoma; SA=sarcoma; SS=synovial sarcoma; WT=Wilms tumor.

a

comparison group consists of anthracycline naïve cancer survivors.

b

absolute strain values provided.

c

units, strain measurements (%), radial displacement (mm).