Key result
Radiation therapy for lung cancer caused a runaway implantable cardioverter defibrillator manifesting as poorly tolerated wide complex tachycardia due to inappropriate rapid ventricular pacing.
Case Report (n=1)
Radiation therapy can cause runaway ICD complications due to corruption of device random access memory by ionizing radiation.
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Alerts clinicians to radiation-induced ICD runaway in lung cancer patients; leaves open prospective evaluation of shielding strategies.
JAN NˇEMEC (2007) conducted a case report in Runaway implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) due to radiation therapy (n=1). Radiation therapy was evaluated on Runaway ICD / inappropriate rapid ventricular pacing. Radiation therapy for lung cancer caused a runaway implantable cardioverter defibrillator manifesting as poorly tolerated wide complex tachycardia due to inappropriate rapid ventricular pacing.
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