Open AccessRadiotherapy Induces Development of Fragmented QRS in Patients with Breast Cancer
Author(s) -
Adem Adar,
Emine Canyılmaz,
Abdülkadir Kırış,
Abdulselam İlter,
Lasif Serdar,
Yahyahan Memis,
Zümrüt Bahat,
Orhan Önalan
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
breast care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.767
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1661-3805
pISSN - 1661-3791
DOI - 10.1159/000431030
Subject(s) - medicine , radiation therapy , breast cancer , interquartile range , odds ratio , confidence interval , cancer , gastroenterology , oncology
Myocardial fibrosis is a well-known side effect of radiotherapy. Fragmented QRS (fQRS) has been shown to be a marker of myocardial fibrosis. We postulated that radiotherapy induces development of fQRS in breast cancer patients.
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