Prostate brachytherapy seed migration to the right coronary artery associated with an acute myocardial infarction

Brachytherapy

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 262-265

  Zhu, Alan X ^a,b   Wallner, Kent E ^c   Frivold, Geir P ^b   Ferry, David ^b   Jutzy, Kenneth R ^a   Foster, Gary P ^b  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Jerry L Pettis Memorial VA Medical Center   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary artery embolization; Prostate brachytherapy; Seed migration

Indexed keywords

IODINE 125; RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; CINERADIOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOCARDIUM; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMPLANT; INTERSTITIAL RADIATION; MALE; PELVIS RADIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE ADENOCARCINOMA; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSPERINEAL INTERSTITIAL PERMANENT PROSTATE BRACHYTHERAPY; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 33751014028     PISSN: 15384721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brachy.2006.08.004     Document Type: Note

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