Feasibility of Mediastinal Radiation Use in HeartMate 3 LVAD Recipients with Cancer

The HeartMate 3 left ventricular assist device possesses the unique feature of having its electronics and software located within the housing of the pump, which may predispose it to malfunction from radiation exposure during cancer treatment. We investigated this association in a case series of two...

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Autores principales: Butt, Nausharwan, Sheikh, Farooq H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center 2023
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9881437/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36742441
http://dx.doi.org/10.14797/mdcvj.1115
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spelling pubmed-98814372023-02-03 Feasibility of Mediastinal Radiation Use in HeartMate 3 LVAD Recipients with Cancer Butt, Nausharwan Sheikh, Farooq H. Methodist Debakey Cardiovasc J Case Report The HeartMate 3 left ventricular assist device possesses the unique feature of having its electronics and software located within the housing of the pump, which may predispose it to malfunction from radiation exposure during cancer treatment. We investigated this association in a case series of two patients at our institution. Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center 2023-01-23 /pmc/articles/PMC9881437/ /pubmed/36742441 http://dx.doi.org/10.14797/mdcvj.1115 Text en Copyright: © 2023 The Author(s) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC-BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
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Feasibility of Mediastinal Radiation Use in HeartMate 3 LVAD Recipients with Cancer
title Feasibility of Mediastinal Radiation Use in HeartMate 3 LVAD Recipients with Cancer
title_full Feasibility of Mediastinal Radiation Use in HeartMate 3 LVAD Recipients with Cancer
title_fullStr Feasibility of Mediastinal Radiation Use in HeartMate 3 LVAD Recipients with Cancer
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title_short Feasibility of Mediastinal Radiation Use in HeartMate 3 LVAD Recipients with Cancer
title_sort feasibility of mediastinal radiation use in heartmate 3 lvad recipients with cancer
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9881437/
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