Sick sinus syndrome as a complication of mediastinal radiation therapy

Journal Article · Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1990 · Cancer (Philadelphia); (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/1097-0142(19900601)65:11<2494::AID-CNCR2820651117>3.0.CO;2-T· OSTI ID:7014225

Pohjola-Sintonen, S; Toetterman, K J.K.; Kupari, M ^[1]

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1. Helsinki Univ. Central Hospital (Finland)

A 33-year-old man who had received mediastinal radiation therapy for Hodgkin's disease 12 years earlier developed a symptomatic sick sinus syndrome requiring the implantation of a permanent pacemaker. The sick sinus syndrome and a finding of an occult constrictive pericarditis were considered to be due to the previous mediastinal irradiation. A ventricular pacemaker was chosen because mediastinal radiotherapy also increases the risk of developing atrioventricular conduction defects.

• OSTI ID: 7014225
• Journal Information: Cancer (Philadelphia); (USA), Vol. 65:11; ISSN 0008-543X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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