Radiotherapy Heart Effects
Fig. 3.1 Risk factors for radiotherapy toxicity Interstitial fibrosis is common in the myocardium, from little lesions to very large diffuse infiltrates. The transition from type III collagen to type…
Cardiac Imaging Technology in Cardio-oncology
Fig. 4.1 Contrast echocardiography: administration of contrast enables a better delineation of the endocardial contours (apical four-chamber view in end-diastole and end-systole) (With courtesy of Dr. P. Burger, Bern) The…
Introduction
Fig. 1.1 The “sliding doors concept”: a patient with cancer and a cardiovascular pathology may undergo different treatment pathways that, if not led in coordination by the specialists, may lead…
Synthetic Tables
Drug CV complication Percentage Dosage Alemtuzumab Hypotension, heart failure Rare Arsenic trioxide QT prolongation 26–93 % Axitinib Hypertension 4–16 % Bevacizumab Thromboembolic arterial complications 12 % CHF 1.7–3 % Hypertension…
Valvular Quantification
Figure 4.1 illustrates the principle of Bernoulli Equation which relates pressure drop that occurs with changing fluid speeds across a narrowing in tube The modified Bernoulli equation is derived from…
Basic Congenital Heart Disease for Adults
Figure 11.1 Apical 4 chamber view of patient with an atrioventricular canal defect showing ostium primum atrial septal defect (thick arrow) and corresponding inlet ventricular septal defect (VSD-thin arrow), Please…
Valvular Pathology
Figure 5.1 Calcified tricuspid aortic valve stenosis seen in long axis (left) and short axis (right); note significant leaflet calcification restriction of motion (arrows). LA left atrium, LV left ventricle,…
Cardiac Computed Tomography
Reaction Severity Symptoms Recommendation Mild Limited urticaria, itchy throat, nasal congestion, sneezing, conjunctivitis Premedication not required Moderate Diffuse urticarial/erythema, facial edema or throat tightness without dyspnea Premedication, consider alternate test…
Cardiac Masses
Figure 9.1 Parasternal long axis (left) and apical four chamber (right) views showing epithelial lung tumor extension (arrows) in the left atrium. CT reconstruction showed direct extension of the tumor…
Cardiomyopathy
Figure 13.1 Right ventricular inflow view of a patient with Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia. Note the right ventricular aneurysms (arrows). CS coronary sinus Caused by progressive fibro-fatty replacement (dysplasia) of…
