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What radiation dose is a risk for damaging function or active leads from a pacemaker?
If the pacemaker receives no dose, what dose are the leads allowed to receive and still function? Should interrogation(s) be done weekly?Does dose per...
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Papers discussed in this category

Pacing Clin Electrophysiol, 2015 Jan 20
Risk of device malfunction in cancer patients with implantable cardiac device undergoing radiotherapy: a population-based cohort study.
JACC CardioOncol, 2021 Sep 21
How to Manage Patients With Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices Undergoing Radiation Therapy.
Med Phys, 2019 Nov 01
Management of radiotherapy patients with implanted cardiac pacemakers and defibrillators: A Report of the AAPM TG-203.
Circulation, 2013 Dec 24
Effects of external electrical and magnetic fields on pacemakers and defibrillators: from engineering principles to clinical practice.

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