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The clinical value of nuclear medicine in the assessment of irradiation-induced and anthracycline-associated cardiac damage

(2002) ANNALS OF ONCOLOGY. 13(9). p.1331-1339
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Two groups of patients, those treated for Hodgkin's disease and breast cancer, are particularly at risk of developing late myocardial damage, since radiotherapy (RT) techniques for both patient groups may include (large) parts of the heart, and adjuvant systemic therapy is frequently administered to these patients, in particular anthracycline-containing chemotherapy. Available literature on the monitoring and prediction of RT-induced and anthracycline-associated cardiac damage using nuclear medicine techniques is presented. Based on relevant studies, the risk of overall cardiac disease post-RT and overt congestive heart failure during anthracycline-containing chemotherapy is probably low. Conventional nuclear medicine imaging, i.e. myocardial perfusion scintigraphy, may be of complementary use to echocardiographical evaluation for routine follow-up after RT with modern techniques, in a subgroup of patients with known cardiovascular risk factors. Left ventricle ejection fraction (LVEF) measurements, as assessed by radionuclide angiography for the monitoring of anthracycline-associated cardiac injury, are not very sensitive and early detection will probably be enhanced by combining LVEF measurements with other cardiac function parameters. Also, it may be expected that nuclear medicine techniques using molecular radioligands will constitute an essential future step in the evaluation of subclinical cardiac injury afforded by the combined effect of RT and cardiotoxic chemotherapy.
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HODGKINS-DISEASE, DOXORUBICIN CARDIOTOXICITY, CONGESTIVE HEART-FAILURE, ADRENERGIC NERVOUS-SYSTEM, INDUCED MYOCARDIAL DAMAGE, LEFT-VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LONG-TERM SURVIVORS, BREAST-CANCER PATIENTS, radiotherapy-induced, SERIAL RADIONUCLIDE ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY, prediction, nuclear medicine, anthracycline-associated, monitoring, cardiac damage, RADIATION-THERAPY

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Goethals, Ingeborg, et al. “The Clinical Value of Nuclear Medicine in the Assessment of Irradiation-Induced and Anthracycline-Associated Cardiac Damage.” ANNALS OF ONCOLOGY, vol. 13, no. 9, 2002, pp. 1331–39, doi:10.1093/annonc/mdf318.
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Goethals, I., De Winter, O., De Bondt, P., De Sutter, J., Dierckx, R., & Van De Wiele, C. (2002). The clinical value of nuclear medicine in the assessment of irradiation-induced and anthracycline-associated cardiac damage. ANNALS OF ONCOLOGY, 13(9), 1331–1339. https://doi.org/10.1093/annonc/mdf318
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Goethals, Ingeborg, Olivier De Winter, Pieter De Bondt, Johan De Sutter, Rudi Dierckx, and Christophe Van De Wiele. 2002. “The Clinical Value of Nuclear Medicine in the Assessment of Irradiation-Induced and Anthracycline-Associated Cardiac Damage.” ANNALS OF ONCOLOGY 13 (9): 1331–39. https://doi.org/10.1093/annonc/mdf318.
Chicago author-date (all authors)
Goethals, Ingeborg, Olivier De Winter, Pieter De Bondt, Johan De Sutter, Rudi Dierckx, and Christophe Van De Wiele. 2002. “The Clinical Value of Nuclear Medicine in the Assessment of Irradiation-Induced and Anthracycline-Associated Cardiac Damage.” ANNALS OF ONCOLOGY 13 (9): 1331–1339. doi:10.1093/annonc/mdf318.
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Goethals I, De Winter O, De Bondt P, De Sutter J, Dierckx R, Van De Wiele C. The clinical value of nuclear medicine in the assessment of irradiation-induced and anthracycline-associated cardiac damage. ANNALS OF ONCOLOGY. 2002;13(9):1331–9.
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I. Goethals, O. De Winter, P. De Bondt, J. De Sutter, R. Dierckx, and C. Van De Wiele, “The clinical value of nuclear medicine in the assessment of irradiation-induced and anthracycline-associated cardiac damage,” ANNALS OF ONCOLOGY, vol. 13, no. 9, pp. 1331–1339, 2002.
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  language     = {{eng}},
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  url          = {{http://doi.org/10.1093/annonc/mdf318}},
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