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The purposes of this study were to evaluate the relationship between radiotherapy after breast-conserving surgery and the frequency of cardiac events in Japanese patients and to investigate the risk factors of cardiac events after postoperative radiotherapy in those patients. Female patients who received postoperative radiotherapy following breast-conserving surgery between 2007 and 2012 at our hospital were evaluated. In this study, we estimated the cumulative incidence of cardiac events including angina pectoris, myocardial infarction, ischemic heart disease, heart failure and cardiomyopathy after radiotherapy. Of 311 eligible patients, 7.1% of the patients had a smoking history, 20.3% of the patients were obese and 22.2% of the patients had hypertension. The median follow-up period was 118\u00a0months (interquartile range, 102\u2013132\u00a0months). Twelve patients (3.9%) experienced cardiac events after treatment. The mean time to cardiac events was 126\u00a0months. The 10-year cumulative incidences of cardiac events after treatment were 4.2% and 4.3% for patients with left-sided and right-sided breast cancer, respectively, without a significant difference. Multivariate analysis showed that only hypertension was a risk factor for cardiac events (hazard ratio\u2009=\u200916.67, P\u2009=\u20090.0003). In conclusion, postoperative radiotherapy for breast cancer did not increase the incidence of cardiac events. 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