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Radiation‐related Coronary Artery Disease in Hodgkin's Disease
Author(s) -
Leong A. S. Y.,
Forbes I. J.,
Ruzic T.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.596
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-5994
pISSN - 0004-8291
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1979.tb04172.x
Subject(s) - medicine , autopsy , coronary artery disease , atheroma , coronary arteries , mediastinum , complication , disease , cardiology , radiology , artery
Summary: Radiation‐related coronary artery disease in Hodgkin's disease. A. S. Y. Leong, I. J. Forbes and T. Ruzic, Aust. N.Z. J. Med., 1979, 9, pp. 423–425. Coronary artery disease is a rare and only recently recognised complication of mediastinal irradiation. A 34‐year‐old man died suddenly eight years after mediastinal irradiation for Hodgkin's disease. Autopsy disclosed severe narrowing of all major extramural coronary arteries by atherosclerotic plaques whereas all other systemic and visceral arteries were virtually free of atheroma. Autopsy findings in the five reported cases of radiation‐related coronary artery disease are reviewed.