High incidence of implantable cardioverter defibrillator malfunctions during radiation therapy: neutrons as a probable cause of soft errors.

Elders, Jan; Kunze-Busch, Martina; Smeenk, Robert Jan; Smeets, Joep L R M

Elders, Jan; Kunze-Busch, Martina; Smeenk, Robert Jan; Smeets, Joep L R M.

Affiliation

Elders J; Department of Cardiology, Canisius Wilhelmina Hospital, B16. PO Box 9015, 6500 GS, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. j.elders@cwz.nl

Europace ; 15(1): 60-5, 2013 01.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22848077

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Defibrillators, Implantable/statistics & numerical data; Equipment Failure Analysis/statistics & numerical data; Equipment Failure/statistics & numerical data; Heart Failure/epidemiology; Heart Failure/prevention & control; Radiotherapy, Conformal/statistics & numerical data; Aged; Female; Humans; Incidence; Male; Middle Aged; Netherlands; Neutrons; Radiation Dosage; Risk Factors

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Defibrillators, Implantable / Equipment Failure Analysis / Radiotherapy, Conformal / Equipment Failure / Heart Failure Type of study: Etiology_studies / Incidence_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Aged / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Country/Region as subject: Europa Language: En Journal: Europace Journal subject: CARDIOLOGIA / FISIOLOGIA Year: 2013 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Netherlands Country of publication: United kingdom

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