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Fig. 3 | Journal of Translational Medicine

Fig. 3

From: An increase in myocardial 18-fluorodeoxyglucose uptake is associated with left ventricular ejection fraction decline in Hodgkin lymphoma patients treated with anthracycline

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Left ventricular ejection fraction according to categories of 18FDG uptake in patients with echocardiography at follow-up. Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), as assessed by echocardiography performed after completion of anthracycline chemotherapy, in patients with myocardial 18FDG standardized uptake values (LV-SUV) below or above the median value (low and high, respectively) measured at each 18FDG positron emission tomography (18FDG-PET) scan. For each PET time point, LVEF was compared between patients with LV-SUV below vs. above the median value by unpaired t-test. * indicates P < 0.05. LV-SUVSTAGING: LV-SUV at the 18FDG-PET scan before treatment; LV-SUVINTERIM: LV-SUV at the 18FDG-PET performed after 2 cycles of doxorubicin; LV-SUVEOT: LV-SUV at the 18FDG-PET performed at the end of chemotherapy

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