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Mediastinal radiation

Can lead to constrictive pericarditis, coronary artery disease, mitral valve regurgitation, aortic valve disease and conduction abnormalities.

By 20 years after radiation the majority of patients have valvular disease.

For Hodgkin’s disease associated with 3 times increase in risk of myocardial infarction.

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