Radiation Induced Cardiac Valve Disease in a Man From Chernobyl

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 973.e1-973.e3

  Bose, Anita Subash Chandra ^a   Shetty, Vijay ^a   Sadiq, Adnan ^a   Shani, Jacob ^a   Jacobowitz, Israel ^a  

^a Division of Cardiology   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic stenosis; Mitral regurgitation; Radiation induced valve disease

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; HEART MURMUR; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LEUKEMIA; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; OPEN HEART SURGERY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

EID: 67651160818     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2009.03.027     Document Type: Article

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