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Study Finds Air Pollution Can Increase Cardiovascular Risk for Cancer Patients

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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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Burden and prognostic impact of cardiovascular disease in patients with cancer

Heart BMJ

The number of patients at the intersection of cancer and cardiovascular disease (CVD) is increasing, reflecting ageing global populations, rising burden of shared cardiometabolic risk factors, and improved cancer survival. Many cancer treatments carry a risk of cardiotoxicity.

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American College of Cardiology (ACC) Program Set for Cardiac Oncology Conference, “Advancing the Cardiovascular Care of the Oncology Patient”

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The event is offered as an interdisciplinary and interspecialty course to provide clinicians and researchers with the tools needed to improve the cardiovascular (CV) health of cancer patients in everyday practice. Cardio-Oncology Educational Training: What Do I Need to Learn? How to Structure?:

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Atrioventricular re-entrant tachycardia and atrioventricular node re-entrant tachycardia in a patient with cancer under chemotherapy: a case report and literature review

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

Cardio-oncology is a new field of interest in cardiology focusing on the detection and treatment of cardiovascular diseases, such as arrhythmias, myocarditis, and heart failure, as side-effects of chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Here, we report a patient with new-onset AVRT/AVNRT and lung cancer who underwent chemotherapy.