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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY                                                                                          VOL. 77, NO. 4, 2021

                              ª 2021 BY THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY FOUNDATION

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                              Strain-Guided Management of Potentially
                              Cardiotoxic Cancer Therapy
                              Paaladinesh Thavendiranathan, MD, SM,a,* Tomoko Negishi, MD,b,c,* Emily Somerset, MS,d
                              Kazuaki Negishi, MD, PHD,b,c Martin Penicka, MD, PHD,e Julie Lemieux, MD, MSC,f Svend Aakhus, MD, PHD,g
                              Sakiko Miyazaki, MD,h Mitra Shirazi, MD,i Maurizio Galderisi, MD, PHD,j,y Thomas H. Marwick, MBBS, PHD, MPH,b,k
                              on behalf of the SUCCOUR Investigatorsz

                                    ABSTRACT

                                    BACKGROUND In patients at risk of cancer therapy-related cardiac dysfunction (CTRCD), initiation of cardioprotective
                                    therapy (CPT) is constrained by the low sensitivity of ejection fraction (EF) for minor changes in left ventricular (LV)
                                    function. Global longitudinal strain (GLS) is a robust and sensitive marker of LV dysfunction, but existing observational
                                    data have been insufficient to support a routine GLS-guided strategy for CPT.

                                    OBJECTIVES This study sought to identify whether GLS-guided CPT prevents reduction in LVEF and development of
                                    CTRCD in high-risk patients undergoing potentially cardiotoxic chemotherapy, compared with usual care.

                                    METHODS In this international, multicenter, prospective, randomized controlled trial, 331 anthracycline-treated
                                    patients with another heart failure risk factor were randomly allocated to CPT initiation guided by either $12% relative
                                    reduction in GLS (n ¼ 166) or >10% absolute reduction of LVEF (n ¼ 165). Patients were followed for EF and
                                    development of CTRCD (symptomatic EF reduction of >5% or >10% asymptomatic to
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C                                                                     traditional heart failure risk factors: age > 65
          hemotherapy-related heart failure is an                                                                                         ABBREVIATIONS

          important cause of morbidity and mortality                  years, type 2 diabetes mellitus, hypertension,                      AND ACRONYMS

          in patients with cancer (1,2). Current preven-              or previous cardiac injury (e.g., myocardial
                                                                                                                                          2D = 2-dimensional
tion strategies include the use of fewer cardiotoxic                  infarction). Exclusion criteria were: 1) base-
                                                                                                                                          3D = 3-dimensional
cancer treatment regimens, cardiovascular risk factor                 line LVEF of
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                   in all patients, and LV volumes and LVEF were                            appropriate. Primary outcome analyses were per-
                   measured offline (3DLVQ, EchoPAC, GE Medical Sys-                         formed on an intention-to-treat basis. Change in
                   tems, Milwaukee, Wisconsin), with an abnormal LVEF                       LVEF or GLS from baseline to 1-year follow-up be-
                   identified as 5% or                         available echocardiogram was used for analysis. The
                   asymptomatic drop of >10% in LVEF compared to                            primary outcome analysis was repeated with adjust-
                   baseline to
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   F I G U R E 1 CONSORT Flow Diagram

                             Enrollment                                 Randomized (n = 331)

                                                                                 Allocation
      GLS-guided surveillance (n = 166)                                                               EF-guided surveillance (n = 165)
      • Received allocated intervention (n = 166)                                                     • Received allocated intervention (n = 165)

                                                                                 Follow-Up
      Dropped-out (n = 12)                                                                            Dropped-out (n = 12)
      Withdrew consent (n = 4)                                                                        Withdrew consent (n = 5)
      Missing data or no images (n = 6)                                                               Missing data or no images (n = 5)
      Lost to follow-up (n = 1)                                                                       Lost to follow-up (n = 1)
      Died (n = 1)                                                                                    Died (n = 1)

                                                                                  Analysis

                        Analyzed (n = 154)                                                                            Analyzed (n = 153)

   Of 331 randomized patients (of whom 166 were allocated to GLS-guided surveillance), 307 completed imaging follow-up. CONSORT ¼ Consolidated Standards of
   Reporting Trials; EF ¼ ejection fraction; GLS ¼ global longitudinal strain.

therapy with trastuzumab. The median doxorubicin                             respectively. The trajectories of blood pressure and
equivalent dose was 218 mg/m 2 (interquartile range                          heart rate over the follow-up period are provided in
[IQR]: 200 to 241 mg/m 2), with no significant differ-                        Supplemental Figure 1. At the 1-year follow-up visit,
ence between the arms (EF-guided: 210 mg/m 2 [IQR:                           the LVEF was less in the EF-guided arm compared to
181 to 241 mg/m 2]; GLS-guided: 235 mg/m2 [IQR: 201                          the GLS-guided arm (55  7% vs. 57  6%, respec-
to 241 mg/m 2]; p ¼ 0.29). A total of 174 (57%) patients                     tively; p ¼ 0.050), although a similar proportion had a
received radiation therapy to the chest; in 95 (55%), it                     new diagnosis of LVEF
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                                                                                                                      Figure 2. GLS-CTRCD occurred earlier and more
 T A B L E 1 Baseline Characteristics of Patients Included in the Analysis
                                                                                                                      frequently that LVEF-CTRCD. Also, the trajectory of
                                                         EF Guided               GLS Guided                           LVEF and GLS over the follow-up period in both arms
                                                         (n ¼ 153)                (n ¼ 154)              p Value
                                                                                                                      and the LVEF and GLS response after the respective
 Age, yrs                                               54 (45–63)               53 (44–64)                0.820
                                                                                                                      diagnosis of CTRCD and initiation of CPT in each arm
 Female                                                  144 (94.1)               144 (93.5)             >0.99
 Race                                                                                                      0.290      based on site-specific measurements are shown in
      European                                          104 (68.0)                97 (63.4)                           Supplemental Figures 3 and 4, respectively.
      African                                              1 (0.7)                  1 (0.7)                             We repeated the primary analysis using a per-
      East Asian                                          31 (20.3)               43 (28.1)                           protocol approach, excluding 9 patients who either
      South Asian                                          11 (7.2)                 5 (3.3)                           had a significant reduction in LVEF meeting CTRCD
      Other                                                6 (3.9)                  7 (4.6)
                                                                                                                      criteria or a significant reduction in GLS in the GLS
 Diabetes                                                 25 (16.3)                14 (9.1)                0.061
                                                                                                                      arm before the 1-year follow-up but were not treated
 Hypertension                                             46 (30.1)               43 (27.9)                0.710
 Dyslipidemia                                             37 (24.2)                27 (17.5)               0.162
                                                                                                                      with CPT (either because of patient refusal to receive
 Smoking*                                                44 (28.8)                46 (29.9)                0.900      CPT or missed recognition of a significant change at
 Prior cardiovascular disease                             14 (9.2)                16 (10.4)                0.850      the site). The proportion of patients meeting CTRCD
 Beta-blocker                                              7 (4.6)                  8 (5.2)              >0.99        criteria at 1 year remained similar (14.1% in the EF-
 ACE inhibitor or ARB                                     22 (14.4)                21 (13.6)               0.870      guided arm vs. 6.0% in the GLS-guided arm;
 Statin                                                   27 (17.6)                15 (9.7)                0.048
                                                                                                                      p ¼ 0.033), and the difference in the change in LVEF
 Systolic blood pressure, mm Hg                        122 (113–135)            125 (116–136)              0.550
                                                                                                                      was not significant (change of 0.27%; 95% CI: –1.35 to
 Diastolic blood pressure, mm Hg                        75 (70–80)               77 (70–80)                0.410
                                                                                                                      1.89; p ¼ 0.74).
 Heart rate, beats/min                                   77 (70–85)              74 (66–85)                0.260
 Cancer history
                                                                                                                      CARDIOTOXICITY      TREATMENT. During        follow-up,
      Breast cancer                                      138 (90.2)              140 (90.9)                0.850
                                                                                                                      based on site EF or GLS measurements, 20 patients
        Breast cancer characteristics
                                                                                                                      were treated for CTRCD in the EF-guided arm and 44
          HER2þ                                          118 (85.5)              126 (90.0)                0.280
          ER    þ
                                                          79 (58.5)               81 (60.0)                0.900
                                                                                                                      patients in the GLS-guided arm. In the GLS-guided
          PRþ                                            64 (47.8)                67 (49.6)                0.810      arm, 37 patients had an isolated reduction in GLS
          Left sided                                     69 (50.7)                76 (54.3)                0.820      by $12%, and 7 patients met the GLS and LVEF CTRCD
          Bilateral                                        6 (4.4)                  5 (3.6)                0.820      criteria at the same time. The maximal doses of car-
      Lymphoma                                             12 (7.8)                 11 (7.1)               0.830      diac medications used to treat CTRCD in each arm are
      Acute myelogenous leukemia                           3 (2.0)                  3 (1.9)              >0.99
                                                                                                                      summarized in Table 3. There were no statistically
 Echocardiographic parameters
                                                                                                                      significant differences in the maximal doses of ACE
      Echocardiography pre-trastuzumab†                  118 (77.1)               126 (81.8)               0.33
                                                                                                                      inhibitors/ARBs or beta-blocker achieved between the
      Core laboratory measurement, %
        3D LVEF                                            58  6                  59  6                  0.100      2 arms. The most common reasons for not achieving
        GLS                                             –20.4  2.5              –20.9  2.3               0.076      maximal doses include CTRCD being identified only
      Site measurement, %                                                                                             at the final visit or inability to further up-titrate
        3D LVEF                                            61  4                   61  5                 0.520      medications because of hypotension or bradycardia.
        GLS                                             –20.4  2.6              –20.7  2.4               0.270      Other than the patients who refused treatment with
                                                                                                                      cardiac medications, all other patients received at
 Values are median (interquartile range), n (%), or mean  SD. Clinical, cancer, cancer therapy, and cardiovascular
 risk factors and cardiac imaging parameters are compared between the EF-guided and GLS-guided arms.                  least 1 of an ACE inhibitor/ARB or a beta-blocker.
 *Smoking indicates prior or current smoking. †Refers to the proportion of patients who had baseline echocar-
 diography performed after anthracycline but before trastuzumab; the remaining patients received baseline             None of the patients had serious adverse events
 imaging before any chemotherapy (i.e., before anthracyclines).                                                       related to the initiation of cardiac medications.
    3D ¼ 3-dimensional; ACE ¼ angiotensin-converting enzyme, ARB ¼ angiotensin receptor blocker; EF ¼ ejection
 fraction; ERþ ¼ estrogen receptor positive; GLS ¼ global longitudinal strain; HER2þ ¼ human epidermal growth           In post hoc analysis, we examined the differences
 factor receptor 2 positive; LVEF ¼ left ventricular ejection fraction; PRþ ¼ progesterone receptor positive.         in core laboratory LVEF measurement between
                                                                                                                      baseline and the final visit in the patients who
                                                                                                                      developed CTRCD and received CPT in each arm and
                             measurements, during treatment, 20 patients (13.1%)                                      those who did not develop CTRCD (Figure 2). In the
                             met LVEF-CTRCD criteria in the EF-guided arm,                                            EF-guided arm (n ¼ 20), the reduction in LVEF was
                             whereas only 7 patients (4.5%) met criteria in the                                       9.1% (95% CI: 14.2% to 4.0%), whereas in the GLS arm
                             GLS-guided arm (p ¼ 0.013; RRR: 65%; 95% CI: 20% to                                      (n ¼ 44), it was significantly lower at 2.9% (95% CI:
                             85%). All LVEF-CTRCD events in the GLS-guided arm                                        5.1% to 0.6%), with a difference of 6.2% (95% CI:
                             occurred simultaneously, with a $12% reduction in                                        11.8% to 0.7%; p ¼ 0.03). There was no significant
                             site measured GLS. The timing of CTRCD in each arm                                       difference between the arms in the change in LVEF in
                             based on site 3D LVEF or GLS measurements and the                                        those who did not develop CTRCD. Similarly, among
                             respective definitions are provided in Supplemental                                       the patients who met the respective CTRCD criteria in

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 T A B L E 2 Changes in LVEF and GLS Between Baseline and the 1-Year Follow-Up

                                                     EF Guided                                    GLS Guided

                                                 LV Function,                                 LV Function,                                Difference,
                                     n           % (95% CI)            p Value*    n          % (95% CI)              p Value*            % (95% CI)              p Value†

 Core laboratory 3D EF, %
     Baseline                       153         58 (57 to 59)                     154        59 (58 to 60)                             –1.2 (–2.6 to 0.2)           0.10
     1 year                         153         55 (54 to 56)                     154        57 (56 to 58)                            –1.5 (–3.0 to 0.0)            0.05
     1 year – baseline              153      –3.0 (–1.8 to –4.2)
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                                                                                                                           GLS-DRIVEN CARDIOPROTECTION. An important hin-
 T A B L E 4 Reasons for Interruption or Discontinuation of Cancer Therapy
                                                                                                                           drance to routine clinical use of GLS for surveillance
                                                                         Interruption            Discontinuation           has been the lack of robust data to suggest that a GLS-
                                                                 EF Guided      GLS Guided   EF Guided     GLS Guided      based approach to surveillance and initiation of CPT
                                                                  (n ¼ 8)         (n ¼ 5)     (n ¼ 5)        (n ¼ 9)
                                                                                                                           reduces future CTRCD. Two prior studies have
 Adverse events/serious adverse effects                              1              0            1              2
                                                                                                                           explored a GLS-guided strategy to institute car-
 Left ventricular dysfunction                                        1                  3        1              2
 Chemotherapy side effect                                           3                   1        1              4
                                                                                                                           dioprotective medications. In a cohort of 159 women
 Other reasons                                                      3                   1       2                1         with breast cancer treated with anthracyclines, tras-
                                                                                                                           tuzumab, or anthracyclines followed by trastuzumab,
 There was no difference in the reasons for chemotherapy interruption between the 2 groups, p ¼ 0.44 or for                patients who had a $11% reduction in GLS were fol-
 chemotherapy discontinuation, p ¼ 0.91.
      Abbreviations as in Table 1.                                                                                         lowed up for 6 additional months with initiation of a
                                                                                                                           beta-blocker at the discretion of the treating clini-
                                                heart failure (4). This may provide a window of op-                        cians (11). Those who received a beta-blocker had an
                                                portunity for early intervention (e.g., closer surveil-                    improvement in GLS and LVEF at follow-up, whereas
                                                lance, CPT) to prevent future LVEF-CTRCD or heart                          those who were not treated had further decline in
                                                failure. GLS is also well suited for routine monitoring                    both measures. More recently, in 116 women with
                                                of myocardial function during cancer therapy because                       HER2 þ breast cancer receiving anthracyclines fol-
                                                of its excellent interobserver, intraobserver, and test-                   lowed by trastuzumab, followed with echocardiogra-
                                                retest variability and multicenter reproducibility                         phy every 3 months (12), patients who developed
                                                compared to LVEF methods (9,10).                                           GLS-CTRCD (GLS drop of >15%) or LVEF-CTRCD

                     F I G U R E 2 Baseline and Final Visit LVEF Measured by the Core Laboratory

                                                                           GLS-Guided                                                        EF-Guided

                                               80              Δ LVEF 2.9% (95% CI 0.6%, 5.1%)                                     Δ LVEF 9.1% (95% CI 4.0%, 14.2%)
                                               75
                                               70
                                               65

                                                                                                                                                                                    Received CPT
                                               60
                                               55
                                               50
                                               45
                                               40
                                               35
                        Core-Lab 3D-LVEF (%)

                                               30
                                               25

                                               80              Δ LVEF 2.7% (95% CI 1.5%, 3.8%)                                     Δ LVEF 2.1% (95% CI 1.0%, 3.2%)
                                               75
                                               70
                                                                                                                                                                                    Did Not Receive CPT

                                               65
                                               60
                                               55
                                               50
                                               45
                                               40
                                               35
                                               30
                                               25

                                                    Baseline                                             Final Visit    Baseline                                      Final Visit

                     Baseline and final visit core laboratory LVEF in the 2 arms divided based on those who were treated with CPT and those who were not. Among those who
                     received CPT (top), there was a larger reduction in LVEF between baseline and the final follow-up in the EF-guided arm, suggesting that a GLS-guided
                     strategy does prevent decrement in LVEF. Among those who did not receive CPT (bottom), the change in LVEF was similar between the 2 arms when
                     patients did not develop CTRCD. The black dots at baseline and the final visit represent the mean, and the bars represent 95% confidence intervals.
                     CPT ¼ cardioprotective therapy; LVEF ¼ left ventricular ejection fraction; other abbreviations as in Figure 1.

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   C ENTR AL I LL U STRA T I O N Various Surveillance Strategies, Initiation of Cardioprotective
   Therapy, and the Subsequent Response at the 1-Year Follow-Up

       Baseline                                                        Echo surveillance                                                          1-year
   echocardiography                                                     during therapy                                                          follow-up
                             Potentially cardiotoxic chemotherapy

                                                                           Abnormal
                                                                        ejection fraction

                                                                                                       Cardio-protection
                                                                                                                              65%
                                                                            response                                                           Abnormal left
                                                                                                                                            ventricular ejection
                                                                                                                                             fraction response
                                                                                                                               39%
                                                                           Abnormal                                           35%
         Cancer
         patient                                                      global longitudinal
                                                                        strain response
                                                                                                                              61%             Normal LVEF
                                                                                                                                                response

                                                                            Normal                                            66%
                                                                           response

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   Abnormal left ventricular ejection fraction was defined as
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                   HER2 þ breast cancer, in which cancer therapy is                         prognostic for a subsequent reduction in LVEF or
                   seldom interrupted unless the LVEF drops to below                        CTRCD (4,14–16). Given that sites were not blinded to
                   50%. Finally, in the patients who received only                          the study arm membership of the patients, there may
                   anthracycline, we still performed cardiac surveillance                   be bias in the local measurements of LVEF. However,
                   every 3 months to ensure the consistency of surveil-                     our primary outcome measures were based on blinded
                   lance for the entire cohort and based on prior data                      core laboratory measurements. We used 3D LVEF as
                   suggesting that CTRCD occurs within 3 to 6 months of                     our primary outcome measure, but whenever this
                   completion of anthracycline therapy (3). Cancer ther-                    measure was not possible because of image quality, we
                   apy would have already been completed by the time                        used 2D LVEF consistently at baseline and follow-up.
                   CTRCD was detected in this subgroup of patients.                         Although it would have been ideal to use 3D LVEF in
                                                                                            all patients, our approach is more consistent with
                   CLINICAL       IMPLICATIONS. Our            data support the
                                                                                            clinical care. Although there were multiple definitions
                   routine use of a GLS-guided strategy for cardiomy-
                                                                                            of CTRCD, we chose the Cardiac Review and Evaluation
                   opathy surveillance in anthracycline-treated patients
                                                                                            Committee criteria for our study (17). This reflects the
                   at increased risk of CTRCD (based on pre-existing
                                                                                            design of the SUCCOUR study before the publication of
                   conditions or adjunctive therapy) followed by care-
                                                                                            the American Society of Echocardiography or Euro-
                   ful initiation and titration of CPT to minimize the risk
                                                                                            pean Society of Echocardiography definitions of
                   of subsequent LVEF-CTRCD. This may be best
                                                                                            CTRCD. Furthermore, several studies have demon-
                   accomplished        through      cardio-oncology         programs
                                                                                            strated the long-term prognostic significance of pa-
                   when available (13). The fact that a GLS-guided
                                                                                            tients developing Cardiac Review and Evaluation
                   strategy was effective in an international multi-
                                                                                            Committee–defined CTRCD (18,19). Given the fact
                   center setting is reassuring for the clinical translation
                                                                                            that our study was started before the approval of newer
                   of our findings. However, the adoption of GLS-guided
                                                                                            HER2-targeted therapies in early-stage breast cancer,
                   surveillance in routine practice does require the
                                                                                            we are unable to determine the impact of these specific
                   commitment of echocardiography laboratories and
                                                                                            therapies on the development of CTRCD. Finally, in
                   training of analyzing/reporting clinicians. All sites
                                                                                            women with HER2 þ breast cancer, there is a shift to-
                   participating in the SUCCOUR study first engaged in a
                                                                                            ward a greater use of non–anthracycline-based thera-
                   standardization process that we have previously
                                                                                            pies. Given our focus on anthracycline-treated patients,
                   described (10). Such standardization processes need
                                                                                            our findings are not generalizable to those who
                   to be performed and repeated periodically by indi-
                                                                                            are treated with non–anthracycline-based regimens.
                   vidual laboratories to ensure the accuracy and
                   reproducibility of GLS measurements. Finally, expe-                      CONCLUSIONS
                   rience is important in the precision of strain mea-
                   surements (10), and hence, sites adopting a GLS-                         The     12-month       LVEF      response      for     all   patients
                   based approach should promote minimal annual                             receiving      anthracycline-based          cancer      therapy    at
                   volumes to maintain competency.                                          elevated risk for CTRCD was not altered by a GLS-
                                                                                            based      surveillance.       However,        GLS-guided        CPT
                   STUDY STRENGTHS AND LIMITATIONS. To our knowl-
                                                                                            significantly reduced a meaningful fall of LVEF to the
                   edge, our study is the first randomized controlled
                                                                                            abnormal range. This paradox likely reflects the pro-
                   study to examine 2 separate approaches to cardiac
                                                                                            portion of patients that met the threshold for
                   surveillance followed by initiation of CPT in patients
                                                                                            receiving CPT—when patients receiving CPT were
                   receiving anthracycline-based cancer therapy to pre-
                                                                                            compared, those in the GLS-guided arm had a
                   vent LVEF-CTRCD. A major strength of our study is the
                                                                                            significantly lower reduction in LVEF at 1-year follow-
                   fact that decisions to initiate CPT were made by 28
                                                                                            up. These results support the use of GLS in surveil-
                   participating centers based on their local measure-
                                                                                            lance for CTRCD, but indicate that further work is
                   ments of both GLS and LVEF. This provides an
                                                                                            needed to better understand the threshold for CPT.
                   assessment of the real-life efficacy of a GLS- versus EF-
                   guided strategy to the initiation of cardioprotective                    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The authors are indebted to
                   therapy and enhances the broader application of our                      the time and commitment of the trial participants. The
                   study findings. Our study was a randomized approach                       authors would like to acknowledge the sonographers
                   to a screening strategy as opposed to a treatment                        and coordinators at all sites for coordinating recruit-
                   strategy. Therefore, whether patients in the GLS arm                     ment, image collection and transfer, and follow-up.
                   who received CPT would have eventually developed                             The authors mourn the passing of Prof. Galderisi on
                   LVEF-CTRCD without treatment is unclear. However,                        March 27, 2020, and dedicate this report to his
                   existing data do suggest that GLS reduction is                           memory.

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AUTHOR DISCLOSURES                                                                    PERSPECTIVES

This study was supported in part by a project grant (1119955) from
the National Health and Medical Research Council, Canberra,                           COMPETENCY IN PATIENT CARE AND PROCEDURAL
Australia, and an unrestricted grant from General Electric Healthcare,
                                                                                      SKILLS: Echocardiographic measurement of GLS can identify
Horten, Norway. At the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) de
Québec site, the study was funded by the Fondation du CHU de
                                                                                      myocardial dysfunction early during anthracycline chemo-
Québec. Dr. Thavendiranathan is supported by the Canadian In-                         therapy and predict subsequent clinical cardiac dysfunction.
stitutes of Health Research New Investigator Award (147814), the                      In a randomized trial, a strategy of GLS-guided
Ontario Early Research Award, and a Canada Research Chair in
                                                                                      surveillance followed by angiotensin inhibitor and
Cardio-oncology. Dr. Negishi is supported by a Fellowship (award
reference no. 101868) from the National Heart Foundation of
                                                                                      beta-blocker therapy reduced the incidence of later
Australia. The authors have reported that they have no relationships                  cardiotoxicity.
relevant to the contents of this paper to disclose.

                                                                                      TRANSLATIONAL OUTLOOK: Further studies are needed to
ADDRESS FOR CORRESPONDENCE: Dr. Thomas H.
                                                                                      determine whether a GLS-guided approach to cardioprotective
Marwick, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, 75
                                                                                      therapy reduces the long-term risk of heart failure and improves
Commercial           Road,        Melbourne,           Victoria      3004,
                                                                                      clinical outcomes.
Australia.       E-mail:        Tom.Marwick@bakeridi.edu.au.
Twitter: @BakerResearchAu, @dineshpmcc1.

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