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Case Reports
. 1984 Jan-Feb;287(1):46-7.
doi: 10.1097/00000441-198401000-00012.

Aortic insufficiency following mediastinal radiation for Hodgkin's disease

G G Shashaty
Case Reports

Aortic insufficiency following mediastinal radiation for Hodgkin's disease

G G Shashaty. Am J Med Sci. 1984 Jan-Feb.

Abstract

Aortic insufficiency developed 13 months after mediastinal radiation in a patient with Hodgkin's disease. The estimated cardiac dose was 4200 rads. Several years later, a cerebral embolus occurred. The evidence for valvular and endocardial damage due to radiation is reviewed.

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