Open AccessComputed Tomography Scan and ICD Interaction
Author(s) -
José Manuel Porres,
Jose L. Cerezuela,
Oscar Luque,
Pilar Marco
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
case reports in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.2
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 1687-9627
pISSN - 1687-9635
DOI - 10.1155/2009/189429
Subject(s) - computed tomography , medicine , radiation exposure , tomography , radiation dose , radiology , nuclear medicine
Although it has been considered a safe procedure, computed tomography scanning uses high doses of radiation and can cause malfunctioning in those patients with ICD when the radiation is directly incident on the device. We present a case of ventricular oversensing during a thoracic computed tomography.
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