Trends of Cardiovascular Disease Related Mortality in Breast Cancer in the United States From 1999 to 2019

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the second leading cause of mortality and morbidity among breast cancer (BC) survivors (1). This has been attributed to shared risk factors (2), and the effects of radiotherapy and chemotherapeutics (1). Despite the existing evidence of elevated cardiovascular mortality among small cohort studies of BC patients; there remains a need for a comprehensive nationwide study. We used a national database of death certificates to study the trends of CVD-related mortality in BC in females.

Source: The American Journal of Cardiology - April 18, 2024 Category: Cardiology Authors: Mohil Garg, Patrick Creechan, Anita Sadeghpour, Dmitry Abramov, Sourbha S. Dani, Sarju Ganatra, Sadeer G. Al-Kindi, Erin D. Michos, Arunima Misra, Anita Deswal, Nicolas L. Palaskas, Salim S. Virani, Vijay Nambi, Abdul Mannan Khan Minhas Tags: Brief report Source Type: research