Aussie guidelines a world-first for managing cardiotoxicity in kids with cancer
Recommendations focus on protecting childhood cancer survivors from a leading cause of death
Paediatric oncology patients with left ventricular dysfunction should be prescribed ACEIs or beta blockers regardless of heart failure symptoms, according to world-first guidance.
Three-dimensional transthoracic echocardiogram (TTE) is also the preferred imaging modality for measuring left ventricular ejection function using global longitudinal strain, the Australian authors say.
