Coronary artery calcifications on breast cancer radiotherapy planning CT scans and cardiovascular risk: What do patients want to know?

Coronary artery calcifications on breast cancer radiotherapy planning CT scans and cardiovascular risk: What do patients want to know?

Background: Coronary artery calcifications (CAC) is a strong predictor of cardiovascular disease (CVD), which can be automatically quantified on routine breast radiotherapy planning computed tomography (CT) scans. Around 8% of patients have (very) high CAC scores and corresponding increased risks of...

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Hlavní autoři: Roxanne Gal, Madelijn L. Gregorowitsch, Marleen J. Emaus, Erwin LA. Blezer, Femke van der Leij, Sanne GM. van Velzen, Julia J. van Tol-Geerdink, Ivana Išgum, Helena M. Verkooijen
Médium: Článek
Jazyk:English
Vydáno: Elsevier 2021-12-01
Edice:International Journal of Cardiology. Cardiovascular Risk and Prevention
Témata:
Breast cancer
CAC
Cardiovascular disease
Coronary artery calcifications
Patient preferences
On-line přístup:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772487521000155

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