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Global longitudinal strain: a useful everyday measurement?

Herceptin (Trastuzumab) is a widely used and effective drug for the treatment of Her2+ breast cancer but its cardiotoxic side effects require regular monitoring by echocardiography. A 10% reduction in left ventricular ejection fraction can lead to suspension of treatment and therefore has significan...

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Autores principales: King, A, Thambyrajah, J, Leng, E, Stewart, M J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Bioscientifica Ltd 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5076570/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27628098
http://dx.doi.org/10.1530/ERP-16-0022