The cardiac pacemaker patient: Might the pacer be directly irradiated?

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 881-883

  Tsekos, A ^a   Momm, F ^a   Brunner, M ^a   Guttenberger, R ^a  

^a Radiologische Klinik   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BRADYCARDIA; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; LIMB TUMOR; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD;

AGED; ARM; CARCINOMA, NEUROENDOCRINE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 0033674178     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/028418600750063668     Document Type: Conference Paper

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