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Voluntary Breath-hold Technique for Reducing Heart Dose in Left Breast Radiotherapy
Published on: July 3, 2014
[Chest pain in a woman previously treated with irradiation]
Anders Hovland1, Hanne Bjørnstad, Kjetil Ytre-Arne
1Kardiologisk seksjon, Medisinsk avdeling, Nordlandssykehuset Bodø, 8092 Bodø. a-hovlan@online.no
Abstract:
A 34-year-old woman developed chest pain during exercise. She had been treated for Hodgkin lymphoma with irradiation (mantle field) and cytotoxic drugs (ABVD) 15 years earlier, and had risk factors for coronary artery disease (smoker status and family history). An exercise ECG showed significant ST depressions and an echocardiogram was normal. She underwent coronary angiography, which revealed three vessel disease (including stenosis of the left main stem); bypass grafting was successfully performed. This case illustrates the fact that even young women may develop extensive coronary disease and that development of coronary artery disease may be accelerated after irradiation of the thorax.
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