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Table 3 Echocardiographic measurements at baseline(before RT) and the change from baseline measured at the end of RT in patients with increased hscTnT release (group A) and in patients without hscTnT release (group B)

From: Troponin T-release associates with cardiac radiation doses during adjuvant left-sided breast cancer radiotherapy

 

Group A (N = 12)

 

Group B (N = 46)

  
 

Before RT

Change

Before RT

Change

P*

LV dimensions

     

LVEDD (mm)

44.0 (42.0 - 45.5)

-2.0 (-3.5 - 0.0)

46.0 (44.0 - 47.0)

-0.5 (-2.0 - 2.0)

0.06

LVESD (mm)

30.0 (27.5 - 31.0)

-1.5 (-4.5 - 1.5)

31.0 (29.0 - 33.0)

0.0 (-2.0 - 2.0)

0.11

IVS (mm)

11.0 (8.5 - 11.5)

1.0 (0.0 - 1.0)

10.0 (9.0 - 11.0)

0.0 (0.0 - 1.0)

0.01

PW (mm)

10.0 (9.5 - 11.0)

1.0 (0.0 - 1.0)

10.0 (9.0 - 11.0)

0.0 (-1.0 - 1.0)

0.50

RV functions

     

Tapse (mm)

23.5 (21.0 - 25.0)

-1.0 (-3.5 - 0.5)

24.5 (21.0 - 28.0)

-2.0 (-4.0 - 0.0)

0.63

RV s’ (cm/s)

11.3 (9.5 - 14.1)

-0.2 (-0.6 - 1.5)

12.0 (10.3 - 13.2)

-0.5 (-1.4 - 0.7)

0.34

RV Ee’ ratio

4.2 (3.3 - 5.0)

0.7 (-1.6 - 2.5)

3.9 (3.3 - 4.9)

0.1 (-0.3 - 0.8)

0.88

LV functions

     

EF (%)

62.5 (60.0 - 64.5)

1.5 (-4.5 - 3.5)

62.0 (58.0 - 65.0)

0.0 (-4.0 - 4.0)

0.87

Mitral E (cm/s)

68.8 (58.5 - 79.0)

-4.3 (-6.0 - 0.3)

74.0 (64.7 - 84.8)

-3.8 (-10.8 - 3.9)

0.94

Dt (ms)

204 (192 - 236)

32 (9–64)

230 (208 - 261)

0 (-29 - 21)

0.008

EA ratio

0.8 (0.7 - 0.9)

0.0 (-0.1 - 0.1)

1.0 (0.8 - 1.1)

0.0 (-0.1 - 0.1)

0.99

IVRT (ms)

113 (89 - 122)

3 (-6 - 21)

103 (90 - 123)

4 (-10 - 21)

0.92

Ee’ ratio

8.9 (6.9 - 10.9)

0.6 (-2.0 - 1.5)

9.3 (7.4 - 10.6)

-0.3 (-1.4 - 0.6)

0.30

  1. LV left ventricle, LVEDD left ventricular end diastolic diameter, LVESD left ventricular end systolic diameter, IVS interventricular septum thickness, PW thickness of left ventricle’s posterior wall, RV right ventricle, tapse tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion, RV’s systolic tissue doppler measurement of right ventricle’s free wall, RV Ee’ratio the ratio of early tricuspid inflow to annular diastolic velocity, EF ejection fraction, Mitral E first peak of diastole, active filling, Dt deceleration time during diastole, EA ratio ratio of diastolic peaks E and A, IVRT isovolumic relaxation time, Ee’ratio ratio of early transmitral flow velocity (E) to early diastolic velocity of the mitral valve annulus (e)
  2. *p value between groups