Coronary Artery Calcifications and Cardiac Risk after Radiotherapy for Stage III Lung Cancer

Heart dose and heart disease increase risk for RT-associated cardiac toxicity. We hypothesized that CT coronary calcifications are associated with cardiac toxicity and may help ascertain baseline heart disease.

Source: International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics - August 18, 2021 Category: Radiology Authors: Kyle Wang, Hayley E. Malkin, Nicholas D. Patchett, Kevin A. Pearlstein, Hillary M. Heiling, Sean D. McCabe, Allison M. Deal, Panayiotis Mavroidis, Mary Oakey, Jeffrey Fenoli, Carrie B. Lee, J Larry Klein, Brian C. Jensen, Thomas E. Stinchcombe, Lawrence B Source Type: research