Role of echocardiography in cancer care

For cancer therapy survivors, regular echocardiographic follow-up of left ventricular function is considered part of standard care. Metastases of tumors on the pericardium and myocardium as well as cardiac structure and function can be assessed using echocardiography. This review focuses on current...

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Published in:Herz 2011-06, Vol.36 (4), p.333-339
Main Authors: Raikhelkar, J.K., Steingart, R.M., Chen, C.L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cardiology
Cardiovascular Diseases - diagnostic imaging
Cardiovascular Diseases - etiology
Echocardiography - methods
Echocardiography - trends
Humans
Image Enhancement - methods
Internal Medicine
Main topic/CME
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Neoplasms - complications
Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging
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Summary:For cancer therapy survivors, regular echocardiographic follow-up of left ventricular function is considered part of standard care. Metastases of tumors on the pericardium and myocardium as well as cardiac structure and function can be assessed using echocardiography. This review focuses on current and developing echocardiographic modalities for the assessment of cardiac structure and function in the cancer patient, delineates the echocardiographic diagnosis of cardiac amyloidosis, and discusses the echocardiographic features of cardiac masses including those associated with the hypercoagulable state of cancer.
ISSN:0340-9937
1615-6692
DOI:10.1007/s00059-011-3443-6