(From Gilchrist SC, Barac A, Ades PA et al. Cardio-oncology rehabilitation to manage cardiovascular outcomes in patients with cancer and survivors: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association. Circulation . 2019;139(21):139 e997–e1012.) Open full size image KEY POINTS Patients…
Open full size image KEY POINTS Several different delayed pulmonary complications can occur after chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and stem cell transplantation. Pulmonary fibrosis is the most common delayed parenchymal process and needs to be distinguished from organizing pneumonia, which may…
Open full size image KEY POINTS Hypertension is an important cardiovascular risk factor in cancer survivors and it potentiates the risk of heart failure in patients previously exposed to cardiotoxic chemotherapy or mediastinal radiation Regular routine blood pressure surveillance is…
Open full size image KEY POINTS Cancer survivors are at risk of developing arrhythmias, often not diagnosed until clinically evident, and at times with life-threatening consequences. The long-term risk of recurrent arrhythmias once in remission and after cessation of cancer…
Open full size image KEY POINTS In patients with cancer with venous thromboembolism (VTE), the risk of VTE recurrence is increased six-fold with an annual rate as high as 30% in the absence of anticoagulation and as high as 20%…
Open full size image KEY POINTS Vascular disease after completion of cancer therapy can be due to (1) the continuum of preexisting vascular disease and/or (2) as a new development owing to cancer therapy exposure. The first category requires optimal,…
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CAD, Coronary artery disease; CCTA, coronary computed tomography; CMR, cardiac magnetic resonance imaging; CV, cardiovascular; EKG, electrocardiogram; Gy, gray; HPI, history of present illness; RIHD, radiation-induced heart disease; RT, radiation therapy; TTE, transthoracic echocardiography. Open full size image KEY POINTS…
Open full size image KEY POINTS Despite improvement in cancer survival, many cancer survivors have shortened life spans owing to the late effects of cardiovascular disease (CVD) from their cancer and its treatment Cancer therapeutics can lead to a wide…