کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
9336615 1257452 2005 13 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Radiotherapy to patients with artificial cardiac pacemakers
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم پزشکی و سلامت پزشکی و دندانپزشکی تومور شناسی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Radiotherapy to patients with artificial cardiac pacemakers
چکیده انگلیسی
Modern multi-programmable pacemakers are very sensitive to therapeutic megavoltage irradiation. There is no safe radiation threshold for megavoltage radiation. The low energy kilovoltage X-rays used for radiotherapy simulation cause no pacemaker malfunction. Megavoltage radiation can be safely delivered to patients with cardiac pacemakers provided direct irradiation of pacemakers is avoided, adequate monitoring is done during and after irradiation, and the dose to the pacemaker generator is kept below 2 Gy. Close liaison with cardiologists and a pacemaker clinic is essential and radiotherapy departments should have protocols in place to identify and care for cancer patients with pacemakers.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Cancer Treatment Reviews - Volume 31, Issue 6, October 2005, Pages 474-486
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