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SUBMITTER: Musa AE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6572037 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Musa Ahmed Eleojo AE Shabeeb Dheyauldeen D
Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) 20190509 5
Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) account for the majority of deaths worldwide. Radiation-induced heart diseases (RIHD) is one of the side effects following exposure to ionizing radiation (IR). Exposure could be from various forms such as diagnostic imaging, radiotherapy for cancer treatment, as well as nuclear disasters and nuclear accidents. RIHD is mostly observed after radiotherapy for thoracic malignancies, especially left breast cancer. RIHD may affect the supply of blood to heart muscles, le ...[more]