Radiation-Induced Coronary Artery Disease in Young Patients

Exposure to radiotherapy has been shown to accelerate myocardial damage or injury to the cardiac vasculature. Accelerated coronary artery disease (CAD) is one of the main manifestations of cardiac disease in patients who undergo mediastinal radiation therapy. We present the cases of three young pati...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Ruiz, Christina Rodríguez, Mesa-Pabón, Marcel, Soto, Katherine, Román, José Hernández, López-Candales, Angel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5965011/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29876028
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/HEARTVIEWS.HEARTVIEWS_64_17
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Sumario:Exposure to radiotherapy has been shown to accelerate myocardial damage or injury to the cardiac vasculature. Accelerated coronary artery disease (CAD) is one of the main manifestations of cardiac disease in patients who undergo mediastinal radiation therapy. We present the cases of three young patients who developed severe CAD secondary to remote mediastinal radiotherapy.

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