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. 2022 Mar 15;4(1):136-138.
doi: 10.1016/j.jaccao.2022.01.093. eCollection 2022 Mar.

Deep Inspiration Breath Hold and Global Longitudinal Strain in Women Undergoing Left-Sided Breast Irradiation

Arnold C T Ng, Xin Dong, Harish Sharma, Anne Barnard, Elizabeth Brown, Nakia-Rae Beaton, Patricia Browne, Catherine Hargrave, Sharon Watson, Jennifer Harvey, Tao Mai, Margot Lehman

Deep Inspiration Breath Hold and Global Longitudinal Strain in Women Undergoing Left-Sided Breast Irradiation

Arnold C T Ng et al. JACC CardioOncol. .
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Mean LV GLS at Baseline and at 6 Months Follow-Up Patients in the free breathing control group had significantly greater decline in GLS compared with the patients in the DIBH group. 2D = 2-dimensional; DIBH = deep inspiration breath hold; FB = free breathing; GLS = global longitudinal strain; LV = left ventricular.
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