Cardio-Oncology 1st edition

This atlas provides a practically applicable didatic case-based guide to the use of cardiac imaging in patient care during and after cancer therapy. It features detailed information on a variety of imaging modalities, including transesophageal echocardiography, magnetic resonance angiography and positron emission tomography. A range of actual patient presentations are included covering both diagnosis and management during curative and palliative surgery, as well as cancer pharmacotherapy with the use of drugs including Trastuzumab, Anthracycline, Cisplatin and Carboplatin. Topics relevant to survivorship are also described.

Atlas of Imaging in Cardio-Oncology enables the reader to develop a deep understanding of how to utilise a variety of imaging modalities used in cardio-oncology in a range of scenarios. It provides a critical and timely resource for the trainee and experienced cardiologist, oncologist and radiologist.

Puntos clave

• Provides a complete and updated state-of-art review
• Written by experts in the field
• Addresses the future perspectives in the cardio-immunology field

Índice de Cardio-Oncology 1st edition

1. Background: Immunology and cancer.
2. Available immunotherapy drugs in oncology.
3. Immunotherapy adverse events.
4. Pathophysiology of cardiac toxicity.
5. Cardiac risk factors for immunotherapy.
6. Diagnostic methods of cardiac immunotherapy damaging.
7. Biomarkers of early cardiotoxicity.-
8. Management of Patients with Cardiac Toxicity: the point of view of the cardiologist.
9. Management of patients with cardiac toxicity: the point of view of the oncologist.
10. Future perspectives.

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