Cardiovascular complications of mantle field radiation: a case series.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mantle field radiotherapy has been known to cause cardiovascular complications even years after therapy. Complications include pericardial disease, coronary artery disease, and conduction abnormalities.

Case summary

We present a case series of two patients who developed cardiovascular complications years after receiving mantle radiation. Patient 1 is a 52-year-old man who presented with symptoms of heart failure. He had a neurostimulator which precluded him from cardiac magnetic resonance imaging. Haemodynamic findings on right heart catheterization raised suspicion for constrictive pericarditis and pericardiectomy was performed. Histopathological analysis reported dense, sclerotic fibrous tissue consistent with radiation-related changes. Patient 2 is a 37-year-ol

SUBMITTER: Prashar A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8846184 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature