Synergism between radiotherapy and vascular risk factors in the accelerated development of atherosclerosis: A report of three cases

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 671-675

  Pherwani, Arun D ^a   Reid, Julie A ^a   Keane, Patrick F ^a   Hannon, Raymond J ^a   Soong, Chee Voon ^a   Lee, Bernard ^a  

^a BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION HAZARD; RISK FACTOR; TESTIS CANCER;

EID: 0036710059     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10016-001-0117-5     Document Type: Article

References (34)

1. Luxton RW. Radiation nephritis. Q Med J 1953;22:215-242.
2. Staab GE, Tegetmeyer CJ, Constable WC. Radiation induced renovascular hypertension. Am J Roentgenol 1976;126:634-637.
3. McCready RA, Hyde GL, Bivins BA, Mattingly SA, Griffen JWO. Radiation-induced arterial injuries. Surgery 1983;93:306-312.
4. Butler MJ, Lane RHS, Webster JHH. Irradiation injury to large arteries. Br J Surg 1980;67:341-343.
5. Gassman A. Zur histologie der roentgenulcera. Fortschr Roentgenstr 1899;2:199.
6. Fajardo LF, Berthrong M. Vascular lesions following radiation. Pathol Annu 1988;23:297-330.
7. Elderling SC, Fernandez RN, Grotta JC, Lindberg RD, Cousay LC, McMurtrey MJ. Cerebrovascular disease following external cervical irradiation. Ann Surg 1981;194:609-615.
8. Scholz E, Diener HC, Voss AC. Vascular alterations of extracranial arteries after radiation therapy of tumors of the head and neck. Strahlentherapie 1982;185:290-297.
9. Annest LS, Anderson RP, Haferman MD. Coronary artery disease following mediastinal radiation therapy. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1983;85:257-263.
10. Woolbach SB. The pathological histology of chronic X-ray dermatitis and early X-ray carcinoma. J Med Res 1909;21:415.
11. Fajardo LF. Pathology of Radiation Injury. New York: Masson Publishers, 1981. 27-33.
12. White DC. The histopathologic basis for functional decrements in late radiation injury in diverse organs. Cancer 1976;37:1126-1143.
13. Fajardo LF, Lee A. Rupture of major vessels after radiation. Cancer 1975:904-913.
14. Marcial-Rojas RA, Castro JR. Irradiation injury to elastic arteries in course of treatment for neoplastic disease. Ann Otolaryngol 1962;71:945-958.
15. Himmel PD, Hassett JM. Radiation-induced chronic arterial injury. Semin Surg Oncol 1986;2:225-247.
16. Bergqvist D, Jonsson K, Nilsson M, Takolander R. Treatment of arterial lesions after radiation therapy. Surg Gynaecol Obst 1987;165:116-120.
17. Lawson JA. Surgical treatment of radiation induced atherosclerotic disease of the iliac and femoral arteries. J Cardiovasc Surg 1985;26:151-156.
18. Kalman PG, Lipton IH, Provan JL, Walker PM, Miles JT, Yeung HP. Radiation damage to large arteries. Can J Surg 1983;26:88-91.
19. Benson EP. Radiation injury to large arteries. Radiology 1973;196:195-197.
20. Hayward RH. Arteriosclerosis induced by radiation. Surg Clin North Am 1972;52:359-356.
21. Lee DH, Sapire D, Markowitz R, Gruskin A. Radiation injury to the abdominal aorta and iliac artery sustained in infancy. S Afr Med Jr 1976;50:658-660.
22. Nylander G, Petterson F, Swedenborg L. Localized arterial occlusions in patients treated with pelvic field radiation for cancer. Cancer 1978;41:2158-2161.
23. Rosenfield JC, Savarese RP, De Laurentis DA. Management of extremity ischaemia secondary to radiation therapy. J Cardiovasc Surg 1987;28:266-269.
24. Saliou C, Julia P, Feito B, Renaudin JM, Fabiani JN. Radiation-induced arterial disease of the lower limb. Ann Vasc Surg 1997;11:173-177.
25. Fajardo LF. Basic mechanisms and general morphology of radiation injury. Semin Roentgenol 1993;28:297-302.
26. Gold H. Atherosclerosis in the rat: Effect of X-ray and a high fat diet. Proc Soc Exp Biol Med 1962;111:593-595.
27. Artom C, LoFland HB, Clarkson TB. Ionising radiation, atherosclerosis and lipid metabolism. Radiat Res 1965;26:165-177.
28. Amromin GD, Gildenhorn HL, Soloman RD, Nadkarni BB, Jacobs ML. The synergism of X-ray irradiation and choloesterol fat feeding on the development of coronary artery lesions. J Atheroscl Res 1964;4:325-334.
29. Kirkpatrick JB. Pathology of foam cells in irradiated arteries. Am J Pathol 1967;50:29-30.
30. Upadhaya BR, Chakravati RN, Wahi P. Post-irradiation vascular injury and accelerated development of experimental atherosclerosis. Indian J Med Res 1972;60:403-408.
31. Aascher AW, Wilson C, Anson SG. Sensitization of blood vessels to hypertensive damage X-irradiation. Lancet 1961;1:580-583.
32. Peters WR, Schilke CP, Schmutz DD. Peripheral vascular disease following radiation therapy. Am J Surg 1979;45:700-702.
33. Goldstein I, Feldman I, FM, Deckers PJ, Babayan RK, Krane RJ. Radiation-associated impotence. A clinical study of its mechanisms. JAMA 1984;251:903-910.
34. Silverberg GD, Britt RH, Giffinet DR. Radiation induced carotid artery disease. Cancer 1978;41:130-137.