Computed tomography-derived myocardial extracellular volume: an early biomarker of cardiotoxicity in esophageal cancer patients undergoing radiation therapy.

Davide CapraCaterina Beatrice MontiAlberto Gianluigi LuporiniFabrizio LombardiCalogero GuminaAndrea SironiEmanuele Luigi Giuseppe AstiLuigi BonavinaFrancesco SecchiFrancesco Sardanelli

Published in: Insights into imaging (2020)

In EC patients, CT-derived myocardial ECV was increased after RT and may thus appear as a potential early biomarker of cardiotoxicity.

Keyphrases

computed tomography
radiation therapy
patients undergoing
end stage renal disease
left ventricular
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
dual energy
magnetic resonance imaging
chronic kidney disease
image quality
peritoneal dialysis
squamous cell carcinoma
heart failure
locally advanced