Cardiac dysfunction is a major side effect of trastuzumab therapy for patients with HER2-positive breast cancer. Beta blockers

 

Abstract

Cardiac dysfunction is a major side effect of trastuzumab therapy for patients with HER2-positive breast cancer. Beta blockers, such as carvedilol, have been used for protection of trastuzumab cardiotoxicity but there is no definitive conclusive clinical report on their efficacy. In the present study, the preservability effects of carvedilol on trastuzumab-induced left ventricular (LV) dysfunction and the reversibility of trastuzumab-induced cardiotoxicity were evaluated in Wistar rats by echocardiography method. We showed that trastuzumab treatment of rats could induce the LV dysfunction through increasing the LV internal systolic diameter (LVIDs), increasing the end-systolic volume (ESV), decreasing the ejection fraction (EF), and decreasing the fractional shortening (FS). These parameters were not reversed after 14 days of stopping trastuzumab administration. Interestingly, carvedilol improved LVIDs, ESV, EF, and FS. Collectively, the results of this study have verified clinical observations which simultaneously administration of carvedilol may be considered as a possible therapeutic strategy to prevent trastuzumab-mediated LV dysfunction.

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Cancer & Heart (Cardio-Oncology, Cardiotoxicity, TEV)

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