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How often should a patients patient's pacemaker/ICD be interrogated while they are undergoing a course of radiotherapy?
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Radiation Oncology · Hunter Holmes McGuire Veterans Affairs Medical Center
There is no simple answer to this question. The frequency of the interrogation should made in concert with a experienced cardiologist/electrophysiologist. Factors that play into the frequency of interrogation include an estimation of the consequences of device failure and the likelihood of device fa...