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Impact of Radiotherapy on Malfunctions and Battery Life of Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices in Cancer Patients

SIMPLE SUMMARY: Ionizing radiotherapy (RT) can cause malfunctions to cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs), posing a risk to patient safety. The aim of the study was to quantify and categorize the risk of CIED malfunction during RT and to analyze national guidelines/recommendations for adeq...

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Autores principales: Lisowski, Dominik, Lutyj, Paul, Abazari, Arya, Weick, Stefan, Traub, Jan, Polat, Bülent, Flentje, Michael, Kraft, Johannes
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10571836/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37835524
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cancers15194830