Pacemaker malfunction associated with proton beam therapy: a report of two cases and review of literature—does field-to-generator distance matter?

It is well known that radiotherapy causes malfunctions of cardiac implantable electronic devices such as pacemaker (PM) and implantable cardioverter-defibrillator because of incidental neutron production. Here, we report our experience with two cases of PM reset among seven patients with PM who unde...

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Autores principales: Ueyama, Tomoko, Arimura, Takeshi, Ogino, Takashi, Kondo, Naoaki, Higashi, Ryutaro, Nakamura, Fumihiko, Ito, Soichiro, Yoshiura, Takashi, Hishikawa, Yoshio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2016
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5782476/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29497547
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/omcr/omw049

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5782476/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29497547
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/omcr/omw049

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