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ArticleCardiology research and practice2010

Preclinical research into basic mechanisms of radiation-induced heart disease.

M Boerma, M Hauer-Jensen

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Article in Cardiology research and practice, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers.

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37citing papers in PubMed
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

37 citing papers in PubMed, 86 citations in OpenAlex.

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  12. Radiation-Induced Vascular Disease-A State-of-the-Art Review.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2021
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  17. Cardiovascular Damage Associated With Chest Irradiation.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

M BoermaDivision of Radiation Health, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 4301 West Markham, Slot 522-10, Little Rock, AR 72205, USA.
M Hauer-Jensen
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences · US

Funding

Endothelial Dysfunction in Intestinal Radiation ToxicityR01CA083719 · NCI · UNIV OF ARKANSAS FOR MED SCIS · PI HAUER-JENSEN, MARTIN · 2000 to 2009
$2.8M
Molecular Pathogenesis of Radiation EnteropathyR37CA071382 · NCI · UNIV OF ARKANSAS FOR MED SCIS · PI HAUER-JENSEN, MARTIN · 2008 to 2013
$1.7M
MOLECULAR PATHOGENESIS OF RADIATION ENTEROPATHYR01CA071382 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS MED SCIS LTL ROCK · PI HAUER-JENSEN, MARTIN · 1997 to 2005
$1.6M
Radiation-Induced Heart Disease: Mechanisms and InterventionsR01CA148679 · NCI · UNIV OF ARKANSAS FOR MED SCIS · PI BOERMA, MARJAN · 2010 to 2014
$1.4M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA071382NCI NIH HHS R01 CA083719NCI NIH HHS R01 CA148679NCI NIH HHS R37 CA071382
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Radiation-induced heart disease (RIHD) is a potentially severe side effect of radiotherapy of thoracic and chest wall tumors if all or part of the heart was included in the radiation field. RIHD presents clinically several years after irradiation and manifestations include accelerated atherosclerosis, pericardial and myocardial fibrosis, conduction abnormalities, and injury to cardiac valves. There is no method to prevent or reverse these injuries when the heart is exposed to ionizing radiation. This paper presents an overview of recent studies that address the role of microvascular injury, endothelial dysfunction, mast cells, and the renin angiotensin system in animal models of cardiac radiation injury. These insights into the basic mechanisms of RIHD may lead to the identification of targets for intervention in this late radiotherapy side effect.

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PMID20953374
PMCPMC2952915
OpenAlexW2025216777

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