Clinical features of radiation-induced carotid atherosclerosis

Clinical Oncology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 94-102

  Gujral, D M ^a   Shah, B N ^b   Chahal, N S ^b   Senior, R ^b   Harrington, K J ^a   Nutting, C M ^a  

^a ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid artery; Late effects; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; AUSCULTATION; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY BRUIT; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ARTERY STENTING; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CAROTID PHONOANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE MARKER; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FIBROMUSCULAR DYSPLASIA; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LARYNX CANCER; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MICROBUBBLE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OBESITY; OCULOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PANORAMIC RADIOGRAPHY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY; LATE EFFECTS; RADIOTHERAPY;

CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84892478662     PISSN: 09366555     EISSN: 14332981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2013.10.002     Document Type: Article

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