Кореспондиращ автор: Иванета Йончева ( ivaneta.yoncheva@gmail.com ) Академик редактор: Добрин Василев © Денислав Бисеров, Иванета Йончева, Мариана Контева, Светослав Гогов. Това е статия отворен достъп разпространява под условията на Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), която позволява използване без ограничения, разпространение, и възпроизвеждане на всякакъв носител, при условие на оригиналния автор и източник са кредитирани. Цитат:
Бисеров Д, Йончева И, Контева М, Гогов С (2021) Коронарна патология при пациенти след проведена лъчетерaпия на гръдния кош. Българска Кардиология 27(2): 78-83. https://doi.org/10.3897/bgcardio.27.e60233 |
Corresponding author: Ivaneta Yoncheva ( ivaneta.yoncheva@gmail.com ) Academic editor: Dobrin Vasilev © Denislav Biserov, Ivaneta Yoncheva, Mariana Konteva, Svetoslav Gogov. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Citation:
Biserov D, Yoncheva I, Konteva M, Gogov S (2021) Coronary pathology in patients after chest radiotherapy. Bulgarian Cardiology 27(2): 78-83. https://doi.org/10.3897/bgcardio.27.e60233 |
Radiation therapy is the main treatment for a large number of neoplastic diseases. Improved survival in this group of patients led to the emergence of a new nosological unit – radiation-induced damage to neighbouring organs and systems. Data accumulated in recent decades has proven conclusively that chest radiotherapy could result in heart damage. Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death in oncological patients in remission. The onset of radiation-induced heart disease (RIHD) can be early with clinical picture of acute myocarditis and late with manifestations of constrictive pericarditis, restrictive cardiomyopathy, coronary artery disease, valvular involvement, heart failure and conduction pathology. Clinical symptoms may manifest years after exposure to radiation. Our team performed a mini-review on the topic, after which we shared our own experience in 10 patients who underwent radiation therapy in the past and were admitted to the Clinic of Cardiology of University Multyprofile Hospital for Active Treatment „Deva Mariya“ with a clinical picture of ACS.