Research on changes of parameters of three-dimensional spot tracking imaging(3D-STI)in patients with renal cell carcinoma(RCC)before and after treatment with sunitinib and its early warning value for cardiotoxicity
Objective To investigate the change of the parameters of three-dimensional spot tracking ima-ging(3D-STI)before and after the treatment with sunitinib in patients with renal cell carcinoma(RCC)and its early warning value for cardiotoxicity.Methods A total of 226 patients with RCC in the Hospital from November 2020 to March 2022 were selected as observation group,and the occurrence of cardiac tox-icity events was recorded during a follow-up period of 18 months.And 226 healthy subjects were selected as control group.The 3D-STI parameter values[global area strain(GAS),global radial strain(GRS),glob-al longitudinal strain(GLS),global circumferential strain(GCS),left ventricular twist(LVtw),3D-left ventricular ejection fraction(3D-LVEF),myocardial composite index(MCI)]were compared between the observation group,control group,and the observation group for the patients with cardiac toxicity.The in-fluencing factors of cardiotoxicity induced by sunitinib adjuvant therapy in patients with renal cell carcino-ma were analyzed.Receiver operating characteristic curve(ROC curve)was used to analyze the early warning value of 3D-STI parameters for cardiotoxicity.The dose-response relationship between 3D-STI parameters and the risk of cardiotoxicity was analyzed with restricted cubic spline plots.Results GAS,GLS,LVtw and MCI after 1 cycle of the treatment were lower than before the treatment in observation group,and GAS,GLS,LVtw and MCI in observation group after 1 cycle of the treatment were lower than those in control group(P<0.05).Among the 226 patients in the observation group,9 cases of shedding were followed up for 18 months,217 cases(96.02%)were effectively followed up,and 55 cases(25.35%)had cardiotoxic events.Compared with the patients without cardiotoxicity,the number of smoking cases,drinking cases,hypertension cases,local symptoms cases,IMDC score delamination,a-hydroxybutyrate dehydrogenase levels were increased,and GAS,GLS,LVtw and MCI was decreased after 1 cycle of the treatment(P<0.05).The increase in α-hydroxybutyrate dehydrogenase levels was an independent risk factor for cardiac toxicity,while the elevation of GAS and MCI was an independent protective factor for cardiac toxicity(P<0.05).After 1 cycle of the treatment,the AUC value of GAS and MCI alone in pre-dicting cardiotoxicity induced by sunitinib adjuvant therapy in patients with renal cell carcinoma was 0.814 and 0.875,respectively,and theAUC value of combined prediction was 0.910,and it had higher predictive value.There was a nonlinear dose-response relationship between GAS(x2=16.708,P<0.001),MCI(x2=17.426,P<0.001)and the risk of cardiotoxicity.When GAS<32.73%,MCI<168.74%×°,GAS(β=-0.709,95%CI=0.283~0.842,P<0.001),MCI(β=-0.630,95%CI=0.356~0.811,P<0.001)were negatively correlated with the risk of cardiotoxicity.Conclusion The change of 3D-STI pa-rameters during sunitinib is closely related to the risk of cardiotoxicity in patients with renal cell carcino-ma,and there is a"threshold effect",which can provide a reference for predicting the risk of cardiotoxicity in early clinical stage.