Isolated Left Main Coronary Artery Stenosis after Thoracic Radiation Therapy: To Operate or Not to Operate

Table 1

Review of reported cases of isolated ostial stenosis of left main coronary artery following radiation therapy*.

Authors (year)	Gender	Age (Y)	RF	Neoplasm	Latency (Y)	Presenting symptoms
Radwaner et al. [7] (1987)	F	27	No	Hodgkin’s lymphoma	8	Angina
Grollier et al. [8] (1988)	F	50	Smoking	Breast cancer	5	Angina
Orzan et al. [9] (1995)	F	26	No	Hodgkin’s lymphoma	10	Dyspnea, pleural effusion
Takewa et al. [10] (1996)	F	45	/	Thymic carcinoid	3	Angina
Bensaid et al. [11] (1998)	F	43	No	Hodgkin’s lymphoma	20	Myocardial infarction
Caus et al. [12] (1999)	F	47	Smoking	NH lymphoma	3	Angina
Victor and Parente [13] (2004)	F	51	Dyslipidemia	Hodgkin’s lymphoma	2	Angina
Korosoglou et al. [14] (2012)	F	34	No	NH lymphoma	6	Angina

∗F: female, Y: years, RF: risk factors for coronary artery disease, and NH: non-Hodgkin’s.
The case of Takewa et al. [10] is in Japanese. The case of Bensaid et al. [11] is in French.