Radiation effect on implanted pacemakers

Journal Article · Sat Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1983 · Chest; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1378/chest.84.4.499· OSTI ID:6984739

Pourhamidi, A H

It was previously thought that diagnostic or therapeutic ionizing radiation did not have an adverse effect on the function of cardiac pacemakers. Recently, however, some authors have reported damaging effect of therapeutic radiation on cardiac pulse generators. An analysis of a recently-extracted pacemaker documented the effect of radiation on the pacemaker pulse generator.

• OSTI ID: 6984739
• Journal Information: Chest; (United States), Vol. 84:4
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE
CARDIAC PACEMAKERS
PHYSICAL RADIATION EFFECTS
PULSE GENERATORS
BIOMEDICAL RADIOGRAPHY
PATIENTS
RADIOTHERAPY
DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
EQUIPMENT
FUNCTION GENERATORS
MEDICINE
NUCLEAR MEDICINE
RADIATION EFFECTS
RADIOLOGY
THERAPY
440200* - Radiation Effects on Instrument Components
Instruments
or Electronic Systems
550603 - Medicine- External Radiation in Therapy- (1980-)
550602 - Medicine- External Radiation in Diagnostics- (1980-)