Time-Dependent Effect of Anthracycline-Based Chemotherapy on Central Arterial Stiffness: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

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Caroline Schneider¹  Nathalia González-Jaramillo²  Thimo Marcin¹  Kristin L. Campbell⁴  Thomas Suter¹  Arjola Bano¹  Matthias Wilhelm¹  Prisca Eser¹ 

[1] Department of Cardiology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern;Graduate School for Health Sciences, University of Bern;Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine ,(ISPM), University of Bern;Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia

关键词: vasculotoxicity;    aortic distensibility;    pulse-wave-velocity;    breast cancer;    lymphoma;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fcvm.2022.873898

学科分类：地球科学(综合)

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Background and Aims Anthracycline-based chemotherapy (ANTH-BC) has been proposed to increase arterial stiffness, however, the time-dependency of these effects remain unclear. This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to investigate the time-dependent effect of ANTH-BC on markers of central aortic stiffness, namely aortic distensibility (AD) and pulse-wave-velocity (PWV) in cancer patients. Methods An extensive literature search without language restrictions was performed to identify all studies presenting longitudinal data on the effect of ANTH-BC on either AD and/or central PWV in cancer patients of all ages. An inverse-variance weighted random-effect model was performed with differences from before to after chemotherapy, as well as for short vs. mid-term effects. Results Of 2,130 articles identified, 9 observational studies with a total of 535 patients (mean age 52 ± 11; 73% women) were included, of which four studies measured AD and seven PWV. Short-term (2–4 months), there was a clinically meaningful increase in arterial stiffness, namely an increase in PWV of 2.05 m/s (95% CI 0.68–3.43) and a decrease in AD (albeit non-significant) of −1.49 mmHg-1 (−3.25 to 0.27) but a smaller effect was observed mid-term (6–12 months) for PWV of 0.88 m/s (−0.25 to 2.02) and AD of −0.37 mmHg-1 (−1.13 to 0.39). There was considerable heterogeneity among the studies. Conclusions Results from this analysis suggest that in the short-term, ANTH-BC increases arterial stiffness, but that these changes may partly be reversible after therapy termination. Future studies need to elucidate the long-term consequences of ANTH-BC on arterial stiffness, by performing repeated follow-up measurements after ANTH-BC termination. Systematic Review Registration [ www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/ ], identifier [CRD42019141837].

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