THORACIC RADIOTHERAPY AS A RISK FACTOR FOR HEART ISCHEMIA IN SUBJECTS WITH CHEST IRRADIATION AND WITHOUT CLASSIC CARDIOVASCULAR RISK FACTORS

A. Maloberti,M. Palazzini,P. Vallerio,Chiara Lestuzzi,E. Grasso,J. W. Sun,Andrea Buono,D. Sirico,V. Giani,V. Molinari,M. Biolcati,F. Lattuada,S. Pezzini,Antonella Moreo,Cristina Giannattasio

THORACIC RADIOTHERAPY AS A RISK FACTOR FOR HEART ISCHEMIA IN SUBJECTS WITH CHEST IRRADIATION AND WITHOUT CLASSIC CARDIOVASCULAR RISK FACTORS

2019

A. Maloberti
M. Palazzini
P. Vallerio
Chiara Lestuzzi
E. Grasso
J. W. Sun
Andrea Buono
D. Sirico
V. Giani
V. Molinari
M. Biolcati
F. Lattuada
S. Pezzini
Antonella Moreo
Cristina Giannattasio

Objective:Radiation Induced Heart Disease (RIHD) represents a late effect of chest irradiation, contributing in augmenting mortality in oncological patients by affecting pericardium, myocardium, valvs and coronaries. Currently, regarding the risk of coronary heart disease (CAD), a cardiological scre

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Internal medicine
Endocrinology
Risk factor
Ischemia
Diabetes mellitus
Radiation therapy
Medicine
Cardiology
cardiovascular risk factors
Heart disease
Pericardium
thoracic radiotherapy
Late effect

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