Cardio-oncology

This channel includes news and new technology innovations about cardio oncology, the subspeciality of monitoring, preventing and treating cardiovascular damage caused by cancer treatments such as chemotherapy and radiation therapy. Chemo and radiation can damage or kill cardiac muscle cells, which can result in reduced cardiac pumping capacity. The speciality of cardio-oncology monitors cardiac performance with a baseline echocardiogram and followup imaging during treatments to ensure the heart is not damaged. 

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March 14, 2018 — After six months of follow-up, women newly diagnosed with breast cancer who were given the beta blocker ...

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March 14, 2018 — Breast cancer patients who started taking one of two well-known heart medications at the same time they ...

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March 1, 2018 –  Patients who were treated for breast cancer or lymphoma are more than three times at risk for ...

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February 6, 2018 — High exposure to radiofrequency radiation (RFR) in rodents resulted in tumors in tissues surrounding ...

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February 1, 2018 — Breast cancer patients may be at increased risk of cardiovascular diseases including heart failure an ...

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American Heart Association (AHA) released a scientific statement Feb. 1, 2018, linking breast cancer and cardiovascular ...

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Laxmi Mehta, M.D., reviews an echocardiogram at The Ohio State Wexner Medical Center for a cardio-oncology cancer patient to look for heart damage caused by chemotherapy or radiation therapy.
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February 1, 2018 – Heart disease and breast cancer are two of the most prevalent diseases among women in the United ...

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September 26, 2017 — Treatment of heart attack patients depends on their history of cancer, according to research ...

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 June 15, 2017 – Children who have suffered from cancer may also have lasting side effects from the drugs used in the ...

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May 3, 2017 — Epsilon Imaging Inc. announced a research study using EchoInsight was presented at the American College of ...

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October 28, 2016 — For the first time, fetal medicine experts have performed prenatal heart surgery to remove a life ...

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September 28, 2016 — In a recent study, a Yale Cancer Center team determined that men who received hormonal therapy for ...

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August 5, 2016 — Here are the top 20 most popular current content on the Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology ...

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July 21, 2016 — People who develop heart failure after their first heart attack have a greater risk of developing cancer ...

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Interview with Federico Asch, M.D., FACC, FASE, associate director of the echocardiography core lab at Medstar Health ...

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