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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.
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Teile der Arbeit sind der Dissertation von D. Schwenk entnommen
M. Wehr ist derzeit Empfänger eines DFG-Stipendiums im St. Annadal-Ziekenhuis, Kardiologische Abteilung (Prof. Wellens) Maastricht/Niederlande
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Wehr, M., Rosskopf, B.G., Pittner, P.M. et al. Die Funktion des Herzens unter postoperativer Hochvolttherapie bei Patientinnen mit linksseitigem Mammakarzinom. Klin Wochenschr 60, 1505–1507 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01716103
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