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Table 3 Summary of recommended baseline screening tests for chemotherapy

From: Cancer therapy-related cardiac dysfunction and the role of cardiovascular imaging: systemic review and opinion paper from the Working Group on Cardio-Oncology of the Korean Society of Cardiology

Chemotherapy category

Necessary baseline screening test

Anthracycline, HER2-targeted therapy

TTE (all patients)

NT-proBNP (for patients at very high risk)

cTn (for patients at very high risk)

Fluoropyrimidine

TTE (for patients with previous CVD)

VEGF, RAF/MEK, and BTK inhibitors

TTE (for patients at very high risk)

ICI

TTE (for patients at very high risk)

NT-proBNP (all patients)

cTn (all patients)

CART-T and TIL therapies

TTE (for patients with previous CVD)

NT-proBNP (all patients)

cTn (all patients)

HSCT

TTE (all patients)

Proteasome inhibitor

TTE (all patients)

NT-proBNP (for patients at very high risk)

  1. TTE Transthoracic echocardiography, NT-proBNP N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide, cTn Cardiac troponin, CVD Cardiovascular disease, VEGF Vascular endothelial growth factor, RAF Rapidly accelerated fibrosarcoma, MEK Mitogen-activated extracellular signal-regulated kinase, BTK Bruton tyrosine kinase, ICI Immune checkpoint inhibitor, CAR-T Chimeric antigen receptor T-cell, TIL Tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte, HSCT Hematopoietic stem cell transplant