Life-threatening pacemaker dysfunction associated with therapeutic radiation: A case report

Angiology

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 509-512

  Zweng, Andreas ^a   Schuster, Reinhard ^a   Hawlicek, Robert ^a   Weber, Heinz Stefan ^a  

^a DANUBE HOSPITAL   (Austria)

Author keywords

Pacemaker malfunction; Pacemaker induced tachycardia; Therapeutic radiation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; DEVICE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; PACEMAKER FAILURE; RADIATION DOSE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DEVICE REMOVAL; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EQUIPMENT; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; HEART PACING; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIOTHERAPY; SICK SINUS SYNDROME; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TACHYCARDIA;

AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; DEVICE REMOVAL; DOSE FRACTIONATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PALLIATIVE CARE; RADIOTHERAPY; SICK SINUS SYNDROME; SOFTWARE; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 70349577113     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0003319708315305     Document Type: Article

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