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Pacemaker Failure Due to Radiation Therapy
Author(s) -
KATZENBERG CHARLES A.,
MARCUS FRANK I.,
HEUSINKVELD ROBERT S.,
MAMMANA ROBERT B.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
pacing and clinical electrophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.686
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1540-8159
pISSN - 0147-8389
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1982.tb02207.x
Subject(s) - medicine , pace , ionizing radiation , radiation therapy , medical physics , irradiation , physics , geodesy , nuclear physics , geography
Pacemaker malfunction occurred after a patient was given 3000–3600 rads to an area occupied by an A‐V sequential pacemaker. Analysis of the removed generator showed that there was malfunction of the large scale integrated circuit and the type of damage was consistent with radiation‐induced effects. The newer muJtiprogram‐mable units may be more sensitive to ionizing radiation than those previously available. (PACE, Vol. 5, March‐April, 1982)