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Sick sinus syndrome as a complication of mediastinal radiation therapy
Author(s) -
PohjolaSintonen Sinikka,
Tötterman Karl J.,
Kupari Markku
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(19900601)65:11<2494::aid-cncr2820651117>3.0.co;2-t
Subject(s) - medicine , sick sinus syndrome , constrictive pericarditis , radiation therapy , complication , occult , pericarditis , surgery , atrioventricular block , mediastinum , radiology , cardiology , pathology , alternative medicine
A 33‐year‐old man who had received mediastinal radiation therapy for Hodgkin's disease 12 years earlier developed a symptomatic sick sinus syndrome requiring the implantation of a permanent pacemaker. The sick sinus syndrome and a finding of an occult constrictive pericarditis were considered to be due to the previous mediastinal irradiation. A ventricular pacemaker was chosen because mediastinal radiotherapy also increases the risk of developing atrioventricular conduction defects.