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Case study of radiation therapy treatment of a patient with a cardiac ventricular assist device

A patient with a cardiac ventricular assist device (VAD) with computer‐controlled driver presented to our department for radiation therapy. The treatment plan was 4500 cGy to the rectum over 25 fractions with 15MV photon beams. All beams avoided the pump and leads. The response to electromagnetic in...

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Autores principales: Lasher, Donette E., Wojcicka, Jadwiga B., Malcom, Ronald, Shears, Lawrence L
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5722350/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19020490
http://dx.doi.org/10.1120/jacmp.v9i4.2851