Radiation-induced valvular disease is the logical consequence of irradiation

General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 53-56

  Tamura, Atsushi ^a   Takahara, Yoshiharu ^a   Mogi, Kenji ^a   Katsumata, Masayoshi ^a  

^a Funabashi Municipal Medical Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Conduction abnormalities; Radiation induced cardiac disease; Valvular disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA VALVE; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION INJURY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRICUSPID VALVE; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

AGED; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; PERICARDIUM; RADIATION INJURIES; TRICUSPID VALVE INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 33947523818     PISSN: 18636705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11748-006-0070-x     Document Type: Article

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