With the help of ECG, heart rhythm and heart abnormalities can be detected.
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The life expectancy of anyone with a tumor is longer than it was a few years ago. This has increased people’s awareness of the side effects of cancer treatment. Especially when they affect the heart.
SecondCancer treatment can cause damage to the heart, and this damage will only become apparent 10 or even 20 years after treatment. Professor Tienush Rassaf of Essen University Hospital advocates closer collaboration between heart medicine and oncology medicine, and provides patients with suggestions on what they can pay attention to on their own in a podcast.
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