Effect of Radiotherapy on Impaired Aortic Elasticity and Stiffness in Breast Cancer Patients
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Gönül Demir Pişkin; Hüseyin Dursun; Barış Kılıçaslan; İbrahim Susam; Oner Ozdogan
- Source
- Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 62(18)
- Subject
- medicine.medical_specialty
Aorta
business.industry
medicine.medical_treatment
Urology
Stiffness
medicine.disease
Left sided
Radiation therapy
Breast cancer
Epidermal growth factor
medicine.artery
Medicine
medicine.symptom
skin and connective tissue diseases
business
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Aortic elasticity
- Language
- ISSN
- 0735-1097
OP-141 We evaluated the effect of radiotherapy (RT) on the elastic properties of the aorta by using echocardiography in breast cancer (BC) patients. One hundred five women with left sided epidermal growth factor receptor2 (erb-2) BC were divided into 2groups; Group I: Patients did not receive RT.