Cardiac Computed Tomography in Cardio-Oncology: JACC: CardioOncology Primer
Journal Article (Review;Journal)
Cancer patients and survivors have elevated cardiovascular risk when compared with noncancer patients. Cardio-oncology has emerged as a new subspecialty to comanage and address cardiovascular complications in cancer patients such as heart failure, atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD), valvular heart disease, pericardial disease, and arrhythmias. Cardiac computed tomography (CT) can be helpful in identifying both clinical and subclinical ASCVD in cancer patients and survivors. Radiation therapy treatment planning CT scans and cancer staging/re-staging imaging studies can quantify calcium scores which can identify pre-existing subclinical ASCVD. Cardiac CT can be helpful in the evaluation of cardiac tumors and pericardial diseases, especially in patients who cannot tolerate or have a contraindication to cardiac magnetic resonance. In this review, we describe the optimal utilization of cardiac CT in cancer patients, including risk assessment for ASCVD and identification of cancer treatment-related cardiovascular toxicity.
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Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Lopez-Mattei, JC; Yang, EH; Ferencik, M; Baldassarre, LA; Dent, S; Budoff, MJ
Published Date
- December 1, 2021
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 3 / 5
Start / End Page
- 635 - 649
Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)
- 2666-0873
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1016/j.jaccao.2021.09.010
Citation Source
- Scopus