Cor Vasa 2023, 65(5):783-786 | DOI: 10.33678/cor.2022.142

Ventricular tachycardia and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Syncope in a 33-year-old young

Olga La Cognataa, Alessandro Di Carloa, Armando Lo Savioa, Marco Borgia, Marco Bonannob, Cristina Poleggia, Francesca Campanellaa, Maria Claudia Lo Nigroa, Alessio Curròc, Rosalba De Sarro
a Cardiology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Italy
b Cardiology Unit, Department of Emergency, AO Papardo, Messina, Italy
c Cardiac Intensive Care, IRCCS - P.O Piemonte, Messina, Italy

Radiation induced coronary heart disease is among the most actively studied areas in cardio-oncology today. In fact, cases of acute myocardial infarction in young patients previously subjected to radiotherapy are not rare. We describe a clinical case of a syncope following an inferior STEMI started with ventricular tachycardia, in a young patient who underwent radio- and chemotherapy treatment 10 years ago for the treatment of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

Keywords: Chemotherapy, Coronary artery disease, Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, Syncope, Ventricular tachycardia

Received: December 10, 2022; Revised: December 10, 2022; Accepted: December 25, 2022; Published: October 15, 2023  Show citation

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La Cognata O, Di Carlo A, Lo Savio A, Borgi M, Bonanno M, Poleggi C, et al.. Ventricular tachycardia and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Syncope in a 33-year-old young. Cor Vasa. 2023;65(5):783-786. doi: 10.33678/cor.2022.142.
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