title: [Cardiac damage during radiotherapy of the mediastinum].
abstract: Two cases of patients with neoplasias who were given radiotherapy on the mediastinum are reported. Serious and fully documented ECG alterations were observed in these patients, but the cause is not easy to ascertain, since the results were neither identical nor clinically attributable to a common pathogenetic factor.
mesh_terms: D002293:Adenocarcinoma, Scirrhous / Q000150:complications / Q000532:radiotherapy; D000328:Adult; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000532:radiotherapy; D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000532:radiotherapy; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006321:Heart / Q000528:radiation effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000532:radiotherapy; D008482:Mediastinum / Q000528:radiation effects*; D011878:Radiotherapy / Q000009:adverse effects*
vernacular_title: Cardiolesività in corso di radioterapia sul mediastino.