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418868

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1978-9-1
pubmed:abstractText
Five patients, previously treated with pelvic irradiation for cancer of the cervix uteri, ovaries or bladder are presented. They developed occlusions of the distal aorta and/or the iliac arteries 2 to 6 years after irradiation. The presenting symptoms caused by the vascular obstructions were claudication or rest pain. All patients were operated upon with revascularization procedures and thereby relieved from their symptoms. One vascular graft occluded but reoperation was successful. The mechanism by which radiation causes atherosclerosis is discussed. All patients were heavy cigarette smokers. The patients with signs of atherosclerosis outside the irradiated area were the ones with the shortest time interval between radiation and symptoms of ischaemia. It is proposed that irradiation acts synergistically to other atherogenetic factors and this should be kept in mind when radiation therapy is planned in patients with high risk of developing atherosclerosis.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0008-543X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
41
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2158-61
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1978
pubmed:articleTitle
Localized arterial occlusions in patients treated with pelvic field radiation for cancer.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article