TABLE 2.

Patient cardiac dose-volume radiation parameters.

	Median	Mean	Range
Left-sided patients
Mean heart dose	4.8 Gy	5.2 Gy	1.1–11.2 Gy
Max heart dose	51.9 Gy	49.2 Gy	11.4–54.4 Gy
Heart V5	16.4%	22.8%	0.2–63.5%
Heart V10	9.9%	14.5%	0–50.3%
Heart V25	5.7%	5.7%	0–12.4%
Heart V45	1.3%	1.3%	0–4.1%
Mean ventricular dose	5.8 Gy	5.6 Gy	0.2–11.2 Gy
Max ventricular dose	51.2 Gy	47.5 Gy	6.3–52.8 Gy
Ventricular V5	21.5%	28.3%	0–77.0%
Ventricular V10	12.1%	16.7%	0–55.1%
Ventricular V25	5.2%	5.9%	0–15.4%
Ventricular V45	0.7%	1.2%	0–3.5%
Right-sided patients
Mean heart dose	0.6 Gy	0.6 Gy	0–0.1 Gy
Max heart dose	3.8 Gy	3.9 Gy	0–6.4 Gy
Heart V5	0 Gy	0 Gy	0 Gy
Heart V10	0 Gy	0 Gy	0 Gy
Heart V25	0 Gy	0 Gy	0 Gy
Heart V45	0 Gy	0 Gy	0 Gy
Mean ventricular dose	0.4 Gy	0.4 Gy	0–0.8 Gy
Max ventricular dose	2.4 Gy	2.0 Gy	0.2–3.3 Gy
Ventricular V5	0 Gy	0 Gy	0 Gy
Ventricular V10	0 Gy	0 Gy	0 Gy
Ventricular V25	0 Gy	0 Gy	0 Gy
Ventricular V45	0 Gy	0 Gy	0 Gy

Abbreviations: V5, volume of the heart receiving 5 Gy; V10, volume of the heart receiving 10 Gy; V25, volume of the heart receiving 25 Gy; V45, volume of the heart receiving 45 Gy.