Radiation‐Induced Effects in Multiprogrammable Pacemakers and Implantable Defibrillators

Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 1991, Pages 2143-2153

  RODRIGUEZ, FABIO ^a   FILIMONOV, ALEXANDER ^b   HENNING, ALBERT ^a   COUGHLIN, CHRISTOPHER ^b   GREENBERG, MARK ^b  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

implantable defibrillators; oncology; pacemakers; radiation effects; semiconductors

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEFIBRILLATOR; RADIATION; RADIATION DOSE;

EID: 0026320376     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1991.tb06485.x     Document Type: Article

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