This clinical trial evaluates changes in cardiac (heart) function during stress echocardiography to screen for chemically induced cardiotoxicity in cancer patients at a high risk for developing heart failure. Some chemotherapeutic agents to treat certain types of cancers can induce cardiac dysfunction and heart failure. Currently there is no validated means of predicting which patients will go on to develop cardiac toxicity and heart failure following treatment with chemotherapeutic agents. Stress echocardiography is a test that uses ultrasound imaging to show how well the heart muscle is working to pump blood to the body during low intensity exercise. Stress echocardiography prior to and during cancer treatment may help doctors find cancer therapeutic related cardiac dysfunction sooner when it may be easier to treat.
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Changes in cardiac function with low intensity exercise in cancer patients
Timeframe: Baseline to 12 months
Changes in cardiac function with low intensity exercise in cancer patients after treatment with cancer therapeutics.
Timeframe: Baseline to 12 months
Changes in cardiac function with low intensity exercise in cancer patients after a period of cardiac rehabilitation.
Timeframe: Baseline to 12 months