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Patients who’d had previous heart failure, valvular defects, cancer or other causes of hypertension were disqualified.

The potential problems of heart scarring or remodeling or valvular problems, etc. were not evaluated.

The technology is still in its infancy, but many experts believe that this will eventually become the default option for valvular disease, making surgery increasingly rare.

Of the screening group patients, 7.6% ultimately received a diagnosis of a cardiac or valvular disorder.

Radiation may also cause increases in pericardial disease, peripheral vascular disease, cardiomyopathy, valvular dysfunction, and arrhythmias, according to Moslehi, and other breast cancer therapies, such as anthracyclines and hormonal therapies, may have “additional cardiotoxic effects.”