Cardio-oncology – minimizing the cardiovascular effects of cancer treatment

Send us Fan MailComprehensive, relevant and insightful conversations about health and medicine happen here… on MedStar Health Doc Talk.MedStar Health Doc Talk… real conversations with physician experts from around the largest healthcare system in the Maryland-DC region.Thanks to advances in cancer treatment, more and more former cancer patients are now cancer survivors. While these life-saving treatments have improved long-term outcomes for many patients, some can cause heart and vascular problems. The cardio-oncology program at MedStar Health focuses on preventing, minimizing, and treating these conditions for patients with cancer during treatment and in survivorship. We talk with the Director of the MedStar Health Cardio-oncology program in Baltimore, advanced heart failure cardiologist Dr. Tolu Agunbiade, about which treatments are more likely to cause cardiotoxicity, what symptoms to look for, and when you may want to see a cardiologist. Over the next half hour, Mike and Dr. Agunbiade will cover what you need to know about cardio-oncology. Dr. Agunbiade sees patients at MedStar Union Memorial Hospital and MedStar Good Samaritan Hospital.  For interviews with Dr. Agunbiade, or for more information about this podcast, contact Regional Media Relations Director, [email protected]. For more episodes of MedStar Health DocTalk, go to medstarhealth.org/doctalk.