Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
2984363 The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2007 13 Pages PDF
Abstract
Among patients undergoing cardiac surgery after thoracic radiation, radiation exposure is heterogeneous, and therefore these patients cannot be managed and assessed as a single uniform cohort. Extensively irradiated patients are more likely to develop radiation heart disease, which increases perioperative morbidity and decreases short- and long-term survival.
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