3 Topic Commentaries

GCS May Expand CTRCD Assessment

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  Paaladinesh Thavendiranathan, MD, SM

  Cardio-Oncology

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  Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network; University of Toronto

  Combined use of echocardiography 3-D LVEF, GLS, and GCS in clinical practice may improve timely diagnosis of CTRCD.

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  Heynric B. Grotenhuis, MD, PhD

  Cardio-Oncology

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  University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands

  Global circumferential strain (GCS) may also be predictive for the occurrence of CTRCD.

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  Hari K. Narayan, MD

  Cardio-Oncology

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  Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

  Ea/Ees_sb [Area under the curve (AUC) 0.703 (95% CI 0.583–0.807)] and circumferential strain [AUC 0.655 (95% CI 0.517–0.767)] demonstrated the greatest predictive utility.

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