Research Article

Anthracycline-Induced Cardiotoxicity in Breast Cancer Patients from Southern Sri Lanka: An Echocardiographic Analysis

Table 5

Simple linear and multiple linear regression models of echocardiography parameters six months after the completion of anthracycline chemotherapy.

Echocardiography measurementsAdjusted (%) for the models
Simple linearMultiple linear

EF88.887.8
FS41.839.7
PWT, LV41.841.4
IVS, LV22.722.7
LVEDD58.457.6
LVESD55.957.4

EF: ejection fraction; FS: fractioning shortening; PWT, LV: posterior wall thickness (left ventricle); IVS, LV: thickness of interventricular septum (left ventricle); LVEDD: left ventricular end-diastolic diameter; LVESD: left ventricular end-systolic diameter.