Cardiac complications of mediastinal radiotherapy: The other side of the coin

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 750-751

  Byrd III, Benjamin F ^a   Mendes, Lisa A ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CARDIOMYOPATHY; EDITORIAL; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HUMAN; PERICARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

EID: 0041730578     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(03)00760-5     Document Type: Editorial

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