Precocious myocardial infarction after radiation treatment for Hodgkin's disease
Journal Article
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· Chest (Chicago); (United States)
A 26-year-old man received extensive cardiac radiation in the course of treatment of mediastinal Hodgkin's disease, and six years later, he experienced an acute myocardial infarction. Angiographic studies demonstrated extensive atherosclerotic abnormalities in the coronary arterial system. It is suggested that radiation-induced injury was a provocation of these precocious arterial abnormalities.
- Research Organization:
- Univ. of California, San Francisco
- OSTI ID:
- 7325801
- Journal Information:
- Chest (Chicago); (United States), Journal Name: Chest (Chicago); (United States) Vol. 70:5; ISSN CHETB
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
ARTERIOSCLEROSIS
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS
BIOMEDICAL RADIOGRAPHY
BLOOD VESSELS
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES
CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
DELAYED RADIATION EFFECTS
DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES
DISEASES
HODGKINS DISEASE
LYMPHOMAS
MEDICINE
MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
NEOPLASMS
NUCLEAR MEDICINE
PATIENTS
RADIATION EFFECTS
RADIOINDUCTION
RADIOLOGY
RADIOTHERAPY
SIDE EFFECTS
THERAPY
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
ARTERIOSCLEROSIS
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS
BIOMEDICAL RADIOGRAPHY
BLOOD VESSELS
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES
CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
DELAYED RADIATION EFFECTS
DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES
DISEASES
HODGKINS DISEASE
LYMPHOMAS
MEDICINE
MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
NEOPLASMS
NUCLEAR MEDICINE
PATIENTS
RADIATION EFFECTS
RADIOINDUCTION
RADIOLOGY
RADIOTHERAPY
SIDE EFFECTS
THERAPY