Cancer and Cardiovascular Disease

The atlas provides a clear, concise, yet comprehensive review of common cardiovascular diseases occurring in patients with cancer.

Cancer and cardiovascular disease are the two most common conditions worldwide. In clinical practice we frequently encounter patients who have established cardiovascular disease and subsequently develop cancer or are survivors of cancer with subsequent cardiovascular complications related to chemotherapy and or radiation.

Most of the chapters are case based, followed by images and a discussion on current (evidence based, wherever available) investigations and treatment outline.

• Acute Myocardial infarction
• Cardiac arrhythmias
• Cardiac tumors
• Cardiomyopathy
• Chemotherapy
• Radiation

• Department of Cardiology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, USA

  Syed Wamique Yusuf, Jose Banchs

Dr Syed Wamique Yusuf is a Professor of Medicine at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. He qualified from Dow Medical College, Karachi and pursued his Internal Medicine training in the United Kingdom, followed by a cardiology fellowship at the University of Texas, Houston. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland and also a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology (ACC). He is heavily involved in the undergraduate and post-graduate education and training.  He also serves as the Program Co-Director for the annual ACC Cardiovascular Board Review. His clinical and research interests includes management of cardiovascular diseases in patients with cancer and radiation induced cardiotoxicity.

Dr. Jose Banchs is an Associate Professor of Medicine and is the Director of Echocardiography laboratory at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.  His practice over the past decade has been dedicated exclusivelyto patients with cancer and in the investigation of potential cardiac pathology in these patients.

He leads a large volume clinical echocardiography laboratory with extensive experience in the use and application of three dimensional echocardiography, contrast echocardiography and cardiac mechanics imaging using speckle tracking in the daily workflow and clinical practice. His research interests involve study of protocols focused on advancing ultrasound imaging. 

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