Evaluation of cardiotoxicity five years after 2D planned, non-simulated, radiation therapy for left breast cancer

Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1359-1362

  Pistevou Gompaki, Kyriaki ^a   Hatzitolios, Apostolos ^a   Eleftheriadis, Nikos ^a   Boultoukas, Evaggelos ^a   Ntaios, George ^a   Andronikidis, Ioannis ^a   Tzitzikas, Ioannis ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infraction; Breast cancer; Cardiotoxicity; Ischemic heart disease; Tradiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CARDIOTOXICITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECG ABNORMALITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FUNCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; QRS COMPLEX; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 61549115062     PISSN: 11766336     EISSN: 1178203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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