title: Noninvasive assessment of cardiac dysfunction in the cancer patient.
abstract: The concepts of left ventricular function are reviewed with an emphasis on the pitfalls in the clinical assessment of myocardial performance. The application of noninvasive cardiac diagnostic techniques is discussed, including physical examination, systolic time intervals with external pulse recordings, echocardiography, and radionuclide cineangiography.
mesh_terms: D002932:Cineangiography / Q000379:methods; D004452:Echocardiography; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006334:Heart Function Tests / Q000379:methods*; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D010808:Physical Examination; D011312:Pressure; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging