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The tell-tale heart: molecular and cellular responses to childhood anthracycline exposure
Since the modern era of cancer chemotherapy that began in the mid-1940s, survival rates for children afflicted with cancer have steadily improved from 10% to current rates that approach 80% (60). Unfortunately, many long-term survivors of pediatric cancer develop chemotherapy-related health effects; 25% are afflicted with a severe or life-threatening medical condition, with cardiovascular disease being a primary risk (96). Childhood cancer survivors have markedly elevated incidences of stroke, congestive heart failure (CHF), coronary artery disease, and valvular disease (96). Their cardiac mortality is 8.2 times higher tha...
Source: AJP: Heart and Circulatory Physiology - November 15, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Lindsey, M. L., Lange, R. A., Parsons, H., Andrews, T., Aune, G. J. Tags: REVIEW Source Type: research

Utility of Global Longitudinal Strain by Echocardiography to Detect Left Ventricular Dysfunction in Long-Term Adult Survivors of Childhood Lymphoma and Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Measuring left ventricular (LV) global longitudinal strain (GLS) is recommended in screening of long-term cancer survivors for cardiotoxicity. However, there are limited data on GLS in this setting, in particular in survivors with apparently normal LV function without risk factors of impaired GLS. In the present study, we measured GLS in 191 adult survivors of childhood lymphoma or acute lymphoblastic leukemia, with normal LV ejection fraction (EF) and fractional shortening (FS), and without known hypertension, diabetes mellitus, myocardial infarction or stroke.
Source: The American Journal of Cardiology - May 13, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Jon R. Christiansen, Richard Massey, Håvard Dalen, Adriani Kanellopoulos, Hanne Hamre, Sophie D. Fosså, Ellen Ruud, Cecilie E. Kiserud, Svend Aakhus Source Type: research

Secondhand Smoke Exposure in Childhood and Mortality from Coronary Heart Disease in Adulthood: the Japan Collaborative Cohort Study for Evaluation of Cancer Risk
CONCLUSIONS: Secondhand smoke exposure in childhood was associated with an increased risk of CHD mortality in adulthood, primarily in middle-aged men and non-current smokers.PMID:36261366 | DOI:10.5551/jat.63857
Source: Journal of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis - October 19, 2022 Category: Cardiology Authors: Masayuki Teramoto Hiroyasu Iso Isao Muraki Kokoro Shirai Akiko Tamakoshi Source Type: research