title: [Early detection of cardiotoxicity of anthracyclines. Value of isotopic method].
abstract: Anthracyclines are antitumoral agents whose therapeutic efficacy is limited by dose-dependent cardiotoxicity. Thirty-one adult patients treated with long-term anthracycline were included in a prospective study to evaluate the ejection fraction and certain parameters of left ventricular diastoclic function by radionuclide angiography, and the left ventricular phase by Fourier's method. Scintigraphic acquisitions were obtained before starting and four weeks after ending chemotherapy. A significant decrease in the maximal velocity of early diastolic filling (2.84 +/- 0.57 to 2.49 +/- 0.45 VTD/s; p < 0.01), the ejection fraction also fell from 57.6% +/- 4.7% to 53.8% +/- 4.6% (p < 0.01). No significant changes in early diastolic filling time or analysis of left ventricular phase with respect to standard deviation (p > 0.05) were observed. In addition, the change in maximal velocity of early diastolic filling did not correlate with the reduction in ejection fraction. Therefore, left ventricular diastolic dysfunction is probably an early marker for anthracycline cardiotoxicity, the sensitivity of which is close to that of the ejection fraction in the detection of infraclinical cardiotoxicity.
authors.affiliation: Service de cardiologie, Hôpital A.-Boulloche, Montbéliard.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Massing
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Caillot
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mouhat
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Schlesser
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Solary
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D018943:Anthracyclines / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006321:Heart / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006334:Heart Function Tests; D006801:Humans; D008232:Lymphoproliferative Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012307:Risk Factors; D013318:Stroke Volume / Q000187:drug effects; D013667:Technetium; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology
chemical_list: D018943:Anthracyclines; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D013667:Technetium
vernacular_title: Détection précoce de la toxicité cardiaque des anthracyclines. Intérêt de l'étude isotopique.