Evaluation of Diastolic Heart Function Using Echocardiography and Pulse Wave Analysis in Patients After Anthracycline Therapy

Diastolic dysfunction plays a crucial role in heart failure. In routine clinical practice, echocardiography is the standard for cardiac examination. The applanation tonometry is the golden standard for measuring pulse wave velocity, but thanks to pulse wave analysis it is possible to determine parameters of heart function as well. The aim of this study was to determine the correlation between the parameters of heart function measured by echocardiography and obtained by applanation tonometry. 92 pediatric cancer survivors were measured with echocardiography and applanation tonometry with estimation of the diastolic heart function parameters. All analyzed parameters were in physiological range. Correlation between echocardiography parameters and applanation tonometry parameters shows us opportunity to use applanation tonometry parameters for evaluation diastolic heart function.