Left atrial strain is reduced following trastuzumab in breast cancer patients

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  • Mats C.Højbjerg Lassen
  • Farzin Arya
  • Biering-Sørensen, Tor
  • Jacob L.T. Reeh
  • Michelle E. Melisko
  • Shabir Sarwary
  • Alan H. Baik
  • Mandar A. Aras
  • Atif Qasim

Background: The effect of trastuzumab therapy on left atrial (LA) function remains largely unknown. Our aim was to assess the changes in LA strain parameters longitudinally in patients treated with trastuzumab. Methods: We retrospectively studied 170 patients with stage I-IV HER2+ breast cancer. All patients had baseline echocardiograms and repeat echocardiograms at 3 months and after 1 year. We measured LA strain at all three time points. Changes in LA strain and strain rate (sr) parameters were evaluated using repeated-measures mixed-effects models. The cohort was stratified according to development of cancer therapeutics-related cardiac dysfunction (CTRCD) during follow-up. Results: The mean age was 52.7 ± 13.8 years, 25.3% had hypertension and 16.0% had metastatic disease. Multiple LA strain parameters (predicted delta value, [95%CI]) showed statistically significant declines in patients who developed CTRCD from baseline to the 3-month follow-up after multivariable adjustment; LA reservoir strain (LAεres): −4.7%; [−8.1% to −1.3%], p =.007; LA conduit strain (LAεcon): −2.8%; [−5.3% to −.4%], p =.021); and LAεres sr: −.2/s; [−.3/s to −.09/s], p <.001). In patients who did not develop CTRCD, LA strain parameters declined significantly but to a smaller degree than in the CTRCD group (LAεres: −1.7%; [−3.1% to −.3%], p =.020, LAεcon: −2.2%; [−3.3% to −1.1%], p <.001, and LA booster pump strain : −2.4%; [−3.5% to −1.4%], p <.001). LA strain rates did not decline significantly in the non-CTRCD group. Conclusion: Trastuzumab treatment was associated with declines in LA strain parameters in patients with breast cancer. The largest declines were observed in patients who developed CTRCD during treatment.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
Artikelnummere15751
TidsskriftEchocardiography
Vol/bind41
Udgave nummer1
Antal sider10
ISSN0742-2822
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 2024

Bibliografisk note

Funding Information:
Tor Biering‐Sørensen: Steering Committee member of the Amgen financed GALACTIC‐HF trial; Steering Committee of the Boston Scientific financed LUX‐Dx TRENDS trial; Advisory Board: Sanofi Pasteur; Advisory Board: Amgen; Speaker Honorarium: Novartis; Speaker Honorarium: Sanofi Pasteur; Research grant: GE Healthcare; Research grant: Sanofi Pasteur.

Funding Information:
This work was supported by a grant from the Lundbeck Foundation to UCSF to fund Danish American Research Exchange Fellowship Program for MCH Lassen. Furthermore, MCH Lassen received a research grant from Gentofte & Herlev Hospital. AHB was supported by the Chan‐Zuckerberg Physician‐Scientist Program. The sponsors had no role in the study design, data collection, data analysis, data interpretation, or writing of the article.

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