Marianne Jarfelt1, Niels H Andersen2, Heidi Glosli3, Kirsi Jahnukainen4, Guðmundur K Jónmundsson5, Johan Malmros6, Karsten Nysom7, Henrik Hasle8. 1. Department of Pediatrics, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden. 2. Department of Internal Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital Skejby, Aarhus, Denmark. 3. Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital Oslo, Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway. 4. Children's Hospital, Helsinki University, Helsinki, Finland. 5. Department of Pediatrics, Landspitalinn University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland. 6. Department of Pediatric Oncology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden. 7. Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University Hospital Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark. 8. Department of Pediatrics, Aarhus University Hospital Skejby, Aarhus, Denmark.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: We report cardiac function of patients treated for Childhood acute myeloid leukemia with chemotherapy only according to three consecutive Nordic protocols. METHODS: Ninety-eight of 138 eligible patients accepted examination with standardized echocardiography. Results were compared with age- and sex-matched controls. RESULTS: The median age was 3 yr at diagnosis (range 0-15), and the median time from diagnosis to study was 11 yr (4-25). All but one patient had received doxorubicin and 90% had received mitoxantrone. The median cumulative dose of daunorubicin equivalents was 300 mg/m(2) (210-525). Left ventricular fractional shortening (LVFS) and ejection fraction (LVEF) were lower in patients than in controls (32.6% (SD 4.0) vs. 35.2% (SD 3.4), P = 0.002 and 59.9% (SD 5.5) vs. 64.2% (SD 4.4), P = 0.001). The myocardial performance index (MPI) was higher in patients than in controls (0.32 (SD 0.081) vs. 0.26 (SD 0.074), P < 0.0001). Cumulative dose of doxorubicin but not mitoxantrone was related to lower LVFS (P = 0.037) and LVEF (P = 0.016). Longer follow-up was associated with lower LVFS (P = 0.034). Higher MPI was associated with young age at diagnosis (P = 0.04) and longer follow-up (P = 0.031). CONCLUSIONS: In this study, most patients had cardiac function within normal limits and reported very few cardiac symptoms. However, compared with healthy controls, they had significantly reduced left ventricular function.
OBJECTIVES: We report cardiac function of patients treated for Childhood acute myeloid leukemia with chemotherapy only according to three consecutive Nordic protocols. METHODS: Ninety-eight of 138 eligible patients accepted examination with standardized echocardiography. Results were compared with age- and sex-matched controls. RESULTS: The median age was 3 yr at diagnosis (range 0-15), and the median time from diagnosis to study was 11 yr (4-25). All but one patient had received doxorubicin and 90% had received mitoxantrone. The median cumulative dose of daunorubicin equivalents was 300 mg/m(2) (210-525). Left ventricular fractional shortening (LVFS) and ejection fraction (LVEF) were lower in patients than in controls (32.6% (SD 4.0) vs. 35.2% (SD 3.4), P = 0.002 and 59.9% (SD 5.5) vs. 64.2% (SD 4.4), P = 0.001). The myocardial performance index (MPI) was higher in patients than in controls (0.32 (SD 0.081) vs. 0.26 (SD 0.074), P < 0.0001). Cumulative dose of doxorubicin but not mitoxantrone was related to lower LVFS (P = 0.037) and LVEF (P = 0.016). Longer follow-up was associated with lower LVFS (P = 0.034). Higher MPI was associated with young age at diagnosis (P = 0.04) and longer follow-up (P = 0.031). CONCLUSIONS: In this study, most patients had cardiac function within normal limits and reported very few cardiac symptoms. However, compared with healthy controls, they had significantly reduced left ventricular function.
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