Treatment of patients with cardiac pacemakers and implantable cardioverter-defibrillators during radiotherapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 897-904

  Solan, Amy N ^a   Solan, Merrill J ^b,e   Bednarz, Greg ^b   Goodkin, Michael B ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Riddle Memorial Hospital   (United States)

^e Jefferson Radiat Oncology at Riddle   (United States)

Author keywords

Pacemaker defibrillator malfunction; Radiation damage; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); IONIZING RADIATION; ONCOLOGY; PACEMAKERS; RADIOTHERAPY;

IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER-DEFIBRILATOR (ICD); PATIENT MANAGEMENT;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEVICE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; SINUS NODE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2942524163     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2004.02.038     Document Type: Article

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