Runaway implantable defibrillator - A rare complication of radiation therapy

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 716-718

  Něemec, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Radiation therapy; Runaway

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEFIBRILLATOR; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; LUNG CANCER; MALE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 34247515569     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2007.00735.x     Document Type: Article

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