March 1, 1982Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology
Pacemaker Failure Due to Radiation Therapy
Population
1 patient with an A-V sequential pacemaker
Design
Case_report
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
Radiation may damage pacemaker circuits during therapy; case report leaves open incidence and shielding needs.
Structured PICO
P
Population
1 patient with an A-V sequential pacemaker
I
Intervention
Radiation therapy (3000-3600 rads) to the area occupied by the pacemaker
O
Outcome
Pacemaker malfunctionsafety
Radiation therapy can cause malfunction in pacemakers, particularly newer multiprogrammable units, due to radiation-induced damage to integrated circuits.
Cite This Study
Katzenberg et al. (1982) studied this question.