Pacemaker failure resulting from radiation damage.
- 1 July 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) in Radiology
- Vol. 148 (1) , 257-258
- https://doi.org/10.1148/radiology.148.1.6856846
Abstract
A [human] case of radiation-induced pacemaker failure is presented. After 2000 rad (20 Gy [gray]) of photon irradiation for metastatic bronchogenic carcinoma, the pulse generator circuitry failed, producing a runaway rhythm. Present pacemaker circuitry may be more susceptible to irradiation than previously believed, and even modest radiation doses can induce life-threatening arrhythmias.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: