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Figure 3 Survival free from cardiac events (death, heart failure, symptomatic coronary artery disease, valve replacement) is displayed for patients grouped by time following irradiation. The event rate increases with increasing time following irradiation, which persists after adjustment for age, gender, and radiation dose. Solid line = 2 to 10 years; line with circles = 11 to 20 years; dashed line = >20 years.