Mini-review on cardiac complications after mediastinal irradiation for Hodgkin lymphoma.
We present a 62-year-old man who over the years developed almost all the possible cardiac complications of radiation therapy after treatment of a Hodgkin's lymphoma. A review of the literature and a summary of treatment options for cardiac complications after irradiation of the mediastinum for Hodgkin's lymphoma are presented.
van Rijswijk
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Department of Intensive Care, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Huijbregts
M A J M
MA
Lust
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Strack van Schijndel
R J M
RJ
D017023:Coronary Angiography; D004452:Echocardiography; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis