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Cardiovascular Toxicity in Patients Treated for Childhood Cancer: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association

Circulation

The field of cardio-oncology has expanded over the past 2 decades to address the ever-increasing issues related to cardiovascular disease in patients with cancer and survivors. Circulation, Ahead of Print.

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European Society of Cardiology Core Curriculum for cardio?oncology

European Journal of Heart Failure

Abstract Cardio-oncology is a rapidly growing field of cardiovascular (CV) medicine that has resulted from the continuously increasing clinical demand for specialized CV evaluation, prevention and management of patients suffering or surviving from malignant diseases.

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Study Finds Air Pollution Can Increase Cardiovascular Risk for Cancer Patients

DAIC

Getty Images milla1cf Wed, 06/19/2024 - 20:54 June 19, 2024 — Modern therapies have extended the lives of many cancer patients; however, survivors often live with chronic health conditions, including cardiovascular disease. The new study was motivated by a need to fill that gap, Rao said. They found that exposure to PM2.5,

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JACC: CardioOncology Expert Panel Addresses Cardiotoxicity During Cancer Therapy

American College of Cardiology

Preventing, detecting and managing cancer therapy-related cardiovascular toxicity (CTR-CVT) is a clear objective during cancer treatment.

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Heart-related side effects of cancer treatment must be addressed as early as possible, experts say

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

The devastating news of a cancer diagnosis understandably makes doctors and patients focus on the cancer itself.

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Update on preclinical models of cancer therapy‐related cardiac dysfunction: Challenges and perspectives. A scientific statement of the Heart Failure Association (HFA) of the ESC, the ESC Council of Cardio‐Oncology, and the ESC Working Group on Cellular Biology of the Heart

European Journal of Heart Failure

Furthermore, it discusses how preclinical models have contributed to the provocative concept of heart failure being potentially tumorigenic and how the discovery of drugs with both anticancer and cardioprotective actions has revealed a common mechanistic basis for heart failure and cancer.

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Navigating P2Y12 inhibition in the labyrinth of cardio-oncology care: cangrelor bridging in patients with cancer

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

This is the first case series to shed light on the application of cangrelor in cancer patients needing to pause dual antiplatelet therapy for a range of medical interventions, marking it as a pioneering effort in this domain.