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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Radiother Oncol. 2017 Oct 16;125(2):293–300. doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2017.10.001

Table 2.

Dosimetric Characteristics

All patients Patients with pericardial events Patients with ischemic events Patients with arrhythmic events
No. 112 9 7 12
Heart
 Mean 12.3 Gy 24.5 Gy 17.0 Gy 22.5 Gy
 V5 36.5 % 59.9 % 52.4 % 55.9 %
 V30 16.8 % 34.6 % 22.6 % 31.3 %
 V60 3.9 % 20.9 % 2.9 % 16.7 %
Left ventricle
 Mean 4.0 Gy 11.4 Gy 11.7 Gy 6.4 Gy
 V5 18.4 % 42.0 % 44.1 % 27.8 %
 V30 2.2 % 13.1 % 16.6 % 5.2 %
 V60 0 % 0.4 % 0 % 0 %
Right atrium
 Mean 11.6 Gy 37.8 Gy 17.5 Gy 31.8 Gy
 V5 42.7 % 83.7 % 73.0 % 78.4 %
 V30 13.5 % 60.9 % 22.1 % 45.0 %
 V60 1.0 % 35.8 % 0 % 13.6 %
Left atrium
 Mean 24.7 Gy 49.4 Gy 33.2 Gy 38.4 Gy
 V5 77.9 % 99.9 % 90.3 % 95.8 %
 V30 37.9 % 75.7 % 51.2 % 57.6 %
 V60 10.9 % 49.2 % 10.6 % 31.9 %

Abbreviations: V5Gy, volume receiving ≥5 Gy; V30Gy, volume receiving ≥30 Gy; V60, volume receiving ≥60 Gy. Note: Data shown are medians.