Cardiac Imaging: Another reason for cancer

The new research indicates that the exposure to radiations in Cardiac imaging procedures such as chest x-ray, CT scan, MRI, radionuclide techniques, nuclear scans and cardiac catheterization which are frequent after heart attacks leads to long term cancer risk.

The study by scientists in Montreal on 82,861 cardiac patients who had no history of cancer, when underwent the low –dose radiation procedure are affected with cancer of chest areas, abdomen and pelvis. The age of patient was 60 to 65 and women’s are equally prone to the same.

Research confirms that there is relation between the low –dose radiation exposure from cardiac imagining for acute myocardial infarction and cancer. Basis of research is that the immediate benefits of imaging procedures in preventing heart attacks increases the cancer risk by radiation tests .Research also says that patients with heart disease symptoms who undergoes for low-dose radiation procedures such as cardiac catheterization and nuclear scans are equally prone to heart attacks and cancers.

So increase use of low dose radiation in the treatment of cardiac diseases is the now the growing concern of cancer risk. It is proved that Heart patients are more likely to die of heart-related problems than of cancer but still, the Imaging procedures are used frequently in North America, we should think more” about using the techniques after this research. Frequent imagining of younger ones may leads to cancer in decade’s time.

The worldwide use of low-dose radiation imagining procedure in cardiac patients is because of its benefits but now on the other hand the risks of cancer cannot be ignored. As both the diseases are fatal and treatment even more costly.

The worldwide researcher and scientist have to work out on radiation free therapy for cardiac patients or they have to search hazard free radiations for the treatment of fatal diseases.

Tags: Cardiac imaging procedures, radiations, the low –dose radiation procedure, chest areas, abdomen and pelvis, cancer, cardiac diseases