Figure 2.

How to Manage Radiation Associated Heart Disease

Management strategies and their pitfalls for various radiation-associated cardiotoxicities. ∗The right ventricle is vulnerable to surgery due to underlying fibrosis, remodeling and dysfunction as a result of radiation therapy. ∗∗For restrictive cardiomyopathy. CABG = coronary artery bypass grafting; CAD = coronary artery disease; LIMA = left internal mammary artery; PCI = percutaneous coronary intervention; TAVR = transcatheter aortic valve replacement; other abbreviations as in Figure 1.