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Based on unintentional weight loss, patients were divided into cachectic and non\u2010cachectic. Left ventricular mass (LVM), LV wall thickness (LVWT), interventricular septal (IVS) thickness, left ventricular internal diameter diastolic (LVIDd), left ventricular internal diameter systolic (LVIDs), internal ventricular septum diastolic (IVSd), left ventricular posterior wall thickness diastolic (LVPWd) and LV ejection fraction (LVEF) were analysed by echocardiography. In parallel, we retrospectively analysed 28 cardiac autoptic specimens of patients who either died of cancer before chemotherapy or with a diagnosis of cancer at autopsy. Presence or absence of myocardial fibrosis at microscopic observation was used for sample stratification. Conventional histology was performed.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Cachectic and non\u2010cachectic patients had a significantly different value of LVWT and IVS thickness and LVPWd. LVWT was 9.08\u00a0\u00b1\u00a01.57 versus 10.35\u00a0\u00b1\u00a01.41\u00a0mm (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a00.011) in cachectic and non\u2010cachectic patients, IVS was 10.00\u00a0mm (8.50\u201311.00) versus 11.00\u00a0mm (10.00\u201312.00) (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a00.035), and LVPWd was 9.0 (8.5\u201310.0) and 10.00\u00a0mm (9.5\u201311.0) (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a00.019) in cachectic and non\u2010cachectic patients.<\/jats:p><jats:p>LVM adjusted for body surface area or height squared did not differ between the two populations. Similarly, LVEF did not show any significant decline. At multivariate logistic regression analysis for some independent predictors of weight loss, only LVWT maintained significant difference between cachectic and non\u2010cachectic patients (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a00.035, OR\u00a0=\u00a00.240; <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a00.019). The secondary analysis on autoptic specimens showed no significant change in heart weight, whereas LVWT declined from 9.50 (7.25\u201311.00) to 7.50\u00a0mm (6.00\u20139.00) in cardiac specimens with myocardial fibrosis (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a00.043). These data were confirmed in multivariate logistic regression analysis (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a00.041, OR\u00a0=\u00a00.502). Histopathological analysis confirmed severe atrophy of cardiomyocytes, fibrosis and oedema as compared with controls.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>Subtle changes in heart structure and function occur early in HNC patients. These can be detected with routine echocardiography and may help to select appropriate cancer treatment regimens for these patients. Histopathological analysis provided conclusive evidence that atrophy of cardiomyocytes, oedema and fibrosis occur during cancer progression and may precede the onset of overt cardiac pathology. 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