Radiation Toxicity to the Cardiovascular System

Konstantinos Marmagkiolis; William Finch; Despina Tsitlakidou; Tyler Josephs; Cezar Iliescu; John F. Best; Eric H. Yang

doi:10.1007/s11912-016-0502-4

Radiation Toxicity to the Cardiovascular System

Konstantinos Marmagkiolis, William Finch, Despina Tsitlakidou, Tyler Josephs, Cezar Iliescu, John F. Best, Eric H. Yang

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Abstract

Radiation therapy is an important component of cancer treatment, and today, it is applied to approximately 50 % of malignancies, including valvular, myocardial, pericardial, coronary or peripheral vascular disease, and arrhythmias. An increased clinical suspicion and knowledge of those mechanisms is important to initiate appropriate screening for the optimal diagnosis and treatment. As the number of cancer survivors has been steadily increasing over the last decades, cardio-oncology, an evolving subspecialty of cardiology, will soon play a pivotal role in raising awareness of the increased cardiovascular risk and formulate strategies to optimally manage patients in this unique population.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	15
Pages (from-to)	1-8
Number of pages	8
Journal	Current oncology reports
Volume	18
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11912-016-0502-4
State	Published - Mar 1 2016

Keywords

Radiation-induced cardiovascular toxicity
Valvular pericardial heart disease

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Oncology

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