January 1, 1969Radiology

Irradiation of Pulmonary Tumor with Overlying Artificial Cardiac Pacemaker

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Why the study?

Does therapeutic radiation affect the performance of artificial cardiac pacemakers?

Population

An 80-year-old man with an artificial pacemaker for complete heart block and an overlying malignant…

Design

Case_report

Follow-up

3 months

Authors

FHFrank J. HildnerInterventional / Structural Cardiology JLJoseph W. LinhartUnited States Department of Veterans Affairs DPDarrell O. PooleOrlando Health

Discussion

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Implication

May allow radiation over pacemakers without acute dysfunction; leaves open need for prospective confirmation.

Structured PICO

Does therapeutic radiation affect the performance of artificial cardiac pacemakers?

Population

An 80-year-old man with an artificial pacemaker for complete heart block and an overlying malignant pulmonary tumor, along with two artificial cardiac pacemakers tested in vitro.

Intervention

Cobalt-60 teletherapy radiation (3,500 rads over 3 weeks for the patient; 10,000 to 46,000 rads for the in vitro pacemakers)

Outcome

Pacemaker performance (output-pulse rate, amplitude, and length) and clinical functionsafety

Therapeutic doses of radiation can be safely administered to patients with overlying artificial cardiac pacemakers without impairing pacemaker function.

Cite This Study

Hildner et al. (1969) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a89d0504de818ad79d44b07 https://doi.org/10.1148/92.1.148

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