Cardiotoxicity induced by chemotherapeutic agents and radiotherapy is a growing problem.
In recent years, an increasing number of new drugs with targeted action have been designed…

Significance: Antineoplastic therapies have significantly improved the prognosis of
oncology patients. However, these treatments can bring to a higher incidence of side-effects, …

Cardiotoxicity is a common complication of chemotherapy. The aim of this study was to assess
the cardiotoxicity of anticancer drugs using tissue Doppler imaging. A prospective study …

Cardiac amyloidosis (CA) is an infiltrative cardiomyopathy characterized by extracellular
deposition of mis-folded proteins called amyloid. Cardiac complications of CA are several: heart …

Left ventricular global longitudinal strain (GLS) has an important role in the diagnosis of
cancer therapy-related cardiac dysfunction (CTRCD). Little is known about the role of atrial …

Transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis is a restrictive cardiomyopathy caused by extracellular
deposition in the heart of amyloid fibrils derived from plasma transthyretin (ATTR), either in its …

Aims: The role of left ventricular global longitudinal strain (GLS) in the diagnosis of subclinical
cardiac damage induced by anticancer drugs is now consolidated. Considering some …

In recent years, the cancer survival of patients has improved thanks to advances in the
pharmacological field. In many guidelines, cardiotoxicity induced by anticancer drugs was defined …

Aims Tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) used to treat chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) can
cause cardiovascular adverse events. So far, the Systematic Coronary Risk Evaluation (…

Background: Hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis is a rare disease caused by transthyretin (TTR)
gene mutations. The aim of our study was to identify early signs of cardiac involvement …