| Literature DB >> 7166929 |
M Wehr, B G Rosskopf, P M Pittner, D Schwenk, R Prignitz.
Abstract
Systolic time intervals according the method of Weissler were measured in nine females (mean age: 55.1 years) with mammary carcinoma on the left, prior to, during and 3 months after postoperative radiation therapy. The average load to the anterior cardiac wall amounted to 36 Gy. We found a reversible statistically highly significant decrease of left ventricular function (increase of PEP/LVET) during radiation therapy, which seems to be related to a radiation-induced acute pancarditis known from animal experiments.Entities:
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Year: 1982 PMID: 7166929 DOI: 10.1007/bf01716103
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Klin Wochenschr ISSN: 0023-2173