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Revista Española de Medicina Nuclear e Imagen Molecular (English Edition) Practical application of multimodality imaging for cardio-oncology in Latin Amer...
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Vol. 44. Issue 3.
(May - June 2025)
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Vol. 44. Issue 3.
(May - June 2025)
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Practical application of multimodality imaging for cardio-oncology in Latin America
Saurabh Malhotraa, Amalia Peixb,
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, Claudia Gutierrez-Villamilc, Manuel Bazand, Raffaele Giubbinie, Carla Cuevaf, Enrique Estradag, Diana Paezg
a Division of Cardiology, Cook County Health, Chicago, IL, United States
b Institute of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery, La Habana, Cuba
c Nuclear Medicine Service, Fundación Cardioinfantil-La Cardio, Bogotá, Colombia
d Cardio-oncology Service, Institute of Oncology and Radiobiology, La Habana, Cuba
e Former Full Professor of Medical Imaging, University of Brescia, Italy
f Latin America and Caribbean Division, Technical Cooperation Department, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria
g Department of Nuclear Medicine, Nuclear Medicine and Diagnostic Imaging Section, Division of Human Health, Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria
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Table 1. Imaging Modalities to Diagnose Cancer Therapy Related Cardiovascular Toxicity (CTR-CVT).
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Latin America (LA) is one of the regions in the world with the highest levels of overweight, dyslipidemia, and diabetes mellitus, which, together with smoking and high blood pressure, are common risk factors for cardiovascular and oncological diseases. Chemotherapy (CT) and Radiotherapy (RT) have become two of the mainstays of treatment for several types of cancer. One of the most worrisome side effects generated by CT and RT is cardiotoxicity. There are several imaging techniques in cardiology that can inform the presence of underlying disease, but they differ in their availability and access to the masses, their accuracy and repeatability, all of which are important determinants of the applicability of these techniques in routine clinical practice. Thus, it is mandatory to promote a clinically effective and a cost-effective multimodality approach for risk stratification, diagnosis and management of cardiovascular diseases in oncologic patients. The purpose of this review is to inform cardiologists, oncologists, cardio-oncologists and imaging cardiologists on the cardiac imaging modalities that can be applied in patients with cancer, the differences among imaging techniques and recommendations on how to apply them in LA.

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Cardiovascular disease
Cancer
Cardiotoxicity
Multimodality imaging
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América Latina (AL) es una de las regiones del mundo con mayores niveles de sobrepeso, dislipidemia y diabetes mellitus, que, junto con el tabaquismo y la hipertensión arterial, son factores de riesgo comunes a las enfermedades cardiovasculares y oncológicas. La quimioterapia (QT) y la radioterapia (RT) se han convertido en dos de los pilares del tratamiento de varios tipos de cáncer. Uno de los efectos secundarios más preocupantes generados por la QT y la RT es la cardiotoxicidad. Existen varias técnicas de imagen en cardiología que pueden informar de la presencia de enfermedad subyacente, pero difieren en su disponibilidad y acceso a las masas, su precisión y su repetibilidad, factores todos ellos determinantes de la aplicabilidad de estas técnicas en la práctica clínica habitual. Así pues, es imprescindible promover un enfoque multimodal clínicamente eficaz y rentable para la estratificación del riesgo, el diagnóstico y el tratamiento de las enfermedades cardiovasculares en los pacientes oncológicos. El objetivo de esta revisión es informar a cardiólogos, oncólogos, cardio-oncólogos y cardiólogos especialistas en imagen sobre las modalidades de imagen cardíaca que pueden aplicarse en pacientes con cáncer, las diferencias entre las técnicas de imagen y las recomendaciones sobre cómo aplicarlas en AL.

Palabras clave:
Enfermedad cardiovascular
Cáncer
Cardiotoxicidad
Imagen multimodal

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