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Valvular dysfunction and carotid, subclavian, and coronary artery disease in survivors of Hodgkin lymphoma treated with radiation therapy
Article Outline
This is an important study of survivors of Hodgkin's lymphoma designed to estimate the incidence and risk factors for three potential radiation treatment–related complications: coronary and noncoronary atherosclerotic vascular disease and clinically important valvular disease. The authors document a high rate of valve surgery (observed:expected ratio 8.42; 95% CI, 3.20-13.65) and coronary revascularization procedures (1.63; 95% CI, 0.98-2.28) 10 to 20 years after the radiation treatments. The coronary disease seems to be associated with the radiation dose received and other traditional coronary disease risk factors.
PII: S0022-3476(04)00361-0
doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2004.04.044
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