Prognostic Value of Exercise Stress Echocardiography for Patients With Breast Cancer Treated With Chest Radiotherapy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Evidence supporting exercise stress echocardiography (ESE) for breast cancer survivors treated with chest radiotherapy is scarce, and its association with clinical outcomes has not been evaluated.

Objectives

The objectives of the were to evaluate the prognostic value of ESE for breast cancer survivors treated with chest radiotherapy and to assess the relationship of radiotherapy with cardiovascular death and nonfatal myocardial infarction (CVD + NFMI), major adverse cardiac events (MACE), and all-cause mortality.

Methods

For this retrospective study, we included 507 breast cancer survivors treated with chest radiotherapy who underwent ESE from 2000 through 2020.

Results

The median (IQR) follow-up was 7.8 (4.9-10.8) years; the mean (SD) age at ESE was

SUBMITTER: Toro Manotas RE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12476110 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature