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Table 2 Percentage LV GLS variation in patients (mean and standard deviation) every 3 months

From: Echocardiographic strategy for early detection of cardiotoxicity of doxorubicin: a prospective observational study

Variable

BL

1–3 wk

4–6 wk

7–9 wk

3 m

13–15 wk

16–18 wk

19–21 wk

6 m

Mean

−22.7

−23.6

−22.9

− 22.2

−22.2a

−21.8

−21.9

− 21.2

− 21.1a

SD

2.3

2.5

2.5

2.4

1.8

1.3

2.0

1.7

1.6

  1. BL baseline, LV GLS left ventricular global longitudinal strain, SD standard deviation
  2. aP < 0.05 is compared with BL