Modern methods of diagnosis and treatment of cardiotoxicity during chemotherapy in cancer patients

Modern methods of diagnostics and treatment of oncological diseases, complications of anticancer therapy can often have an adverse effect on the cardiovascular system. As a result of the direct effect of radiation therapy, chemotherapy on the heart, damage to cardiomyocytes, endocardium and heart valves occurs, the development of myocardial dysfunction and / or heart failure, which is defined as cardiotoxicity. At the same time, determining the risk of cardiotoxicity is often a difficult task, which is due to the different susceptibility of patients to certain drugs, the appointment of combined antitumor therapy, as well as a combination with radiation therapy.

Keywords: diagnostics, treatment, oncology, diseases, therapy, chemotherapy, heart, endocardium, heart valves,