Abstract:9536 Background: To evaluate whether clinical signs or symptoms of congestive heart failure, serial assessment of systolic and diastolic cardiac function by low dose dobutamine stress echo (LDSE) and serum cardiac troponin T (cTnT) can predict doxorubicin (DOXO) cardiotoxicity. Methods: Twenty five patients with osteosarcoma enrolled in the Brazilian osteosarcoma treatment group study 2000, from january 2000 to may 2004, were studied with LDSE (>5μg/kg/min) before chemotherapy, 160 mg/m2 DOXO and after 160… Show more
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