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Increased C-reactive protein is associated with the severity of thoracic radiotherapy-induced cardiomyopathy

BACKGROUND: Irradiation of the heart during cancer radiotherapy is associated with a dose-dependent risk of heart failure. Animal studies have demonstrated that irradiation leads to an inflammatory response within the heart as well as a reduction in cardiac reserve. In the current study we aimed to...

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Autores principales: Canada, Justin M., Thomas, Georgia K., Trankle, Cory R., Carbone, Salvatore, Billingsley, Hayley, Van Tassell, Benjamin W., Evans, Ronald K., Garten, Ryan, Weiss, Elisabeth, Abbate, Antonio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7048115/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32154028
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40959-020-0058-1