Hodgkin's disease
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Interne Geneeskunde
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to 99 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients who have been treated for Hodgkin's lymphoma in the past and who survived at least 2 years. Age> 18 years.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Psychiatric disease or inability to give informed consent.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The main parameters are the difference in IMT, the elasticity,the degree of stenosis between the irradiated group and the non-irradiated HL group and to the control population. The other main parameter is the extent of coronary atherosclerosis on MRI in the two patients groups. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To investigate if inflammatory markers which are know to be increased in age-related atherosclerosis are also increased in RT-induced atherosclerosis. The amounts of cerebrovascular events; i.e. TIA or CVA and of cardiovascular disease; i.e. angina pectoris, myocardial infarction, cardiomyopathy, cardiac failure, rhythm-, conduction abnormalities and valvular dysfunction will be studied. Also endocrine dysfunction will be assessed. | — |
Countries
Netherlands
Outcome results
None listed