Syndrome of myocardiodistrophy in the late period of chronic radiation sickness and its outcome

"Radiation and Risk", 2000, Special Issue, pp.47-50
Selected articles from the journal "Bulletin of Radiation Medicine", 1985, No. 1, pp. 20-25

Authors

Doshchenko V.N., Migunova N.I.

Abstract

According to summarised results of 25-32 year of dynamic tracing and treatment of large group of patients with chronic radiation sickness (999 individuals at the beginning of follow-up and 697 individuals in the latest period) syndrome of myocardiodistrophy was detected in 94 patients. In the latest period of follow-up in 33 patients (35.1%) recovery (the symptoms were absent) was observed, the syndrome was retained in 32 (34.0%) cases though the patients took out, inpatient and sanatorium treatment, in 29 cases (30.9%) ischaemic heart disease was formed on the basis of myocardiodistrophy. The ischaemic heart disease was developed more frequently (p<0.01) among those who had the syndrome rather than patients without it.

Key words
Myocardial dystrophy syndrome, chronic radiation sickness, dynamic observation, symptomatology of MCD, MCD syndrome, ischemic disease.

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