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. 2022 Dec 15;22:548. doi: 10.1186/s12872-022-03007-8

Table 4.

Comparison of the decline rate of strain values (more than 15% absolute fall from baseline measurements) between the two groups at different time points

Group N LV-GLS (%) LV-GCS (%)
T2, n (%) P T4, n (%) P T2, n (%) P T4, n (%) P
A 34 17 (50.0%) 0.014 29 (85.3%) 0.126 8 (23.5%) 0.590 23 (67.6%) 0.730
B 33 7 (18.2%) 23 (69.7%) 6 (18.2%) 21 (63.6%)

T0, Baseline; T2, Cycle 2 of chemotherapy, T4, Cycle 4 of chemotherapy; LV-GLS, LV global longitudinal strain; LV-GCS, LV global circumferential strain