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. 2023 Jul 19;24(9):1129–1145. doi: 10.1093/ehjci/jead168

Graphical Abstract.

Graphical Abstract

Pathophysiological pathways interconnecting cancers and CVD: genetic predispositions, cardiovascular risk factors, and cancer-treatment-related cardiotoxicity. CVD in cancer patients (and corresponding nuclear cardiology tools) consist mainly of cancer-treatment-related cardiac dysfunction (explored with MUGA/ERNA), myocardial ischaemia (with nuclear MPI), and myocarditis (with 18F-FDG PET). Abbreviations: 18F-FDG, fluor-18-radiolabelled fluorodeoxyglucose; CVD, cardiovascular diseases; ERNA, equilibrium radionuclide angiography; MPI, myocardial perfusion imaging; MUGA, multigated acquisition; PET, positron emission tomography.