Multiple cardiac complications after adjuvant therapy for breast cancer: the importance of echocardiography. A case report and review of the literature.

作者：Gurghean Adriana Luminita^*; Savulescu Fiedler Ilinca; Mihailescu Anca

来源：Medical Ultrasonography, 2017, 19(1): 117-120.

DOI：10.11152/mu-927

• cancer adjuvant therapies
• cardiovascular complications
• echocardiography
• tissue Doppler imaging
• speckle tracking

Cardiovascular complications induced by adjuvant cancer therapies may become symptomatic after many years, being responsible for increased morbidity and mortality in long-term survivors. We report a case of a 54-year old female admitted for severe heart failure induced by myocardial and valvular damage after postoperative adjuvant therapy for left breast cancer 6 years ago. Her recent history revealed nonST elevation myocardial infarction in the absence of significant cardiovascular risk factors. Transthoracic echocardiography, tissue Doppler imaging and speckle-tracking imaging revealed severe biventricular systolic dysfunction, severe mitral and tricuspid regurgitation and severe pulmonary hypertension.

• 出版日期2017