Inevitable high-dose irradiation to lead of implantable cardioverter defibrillator in small cell lung cancer: a case report

Inevitable high-dose irradiation to lead of implantable cardioverter defibrillator in small cell lung cancer: a case report

Abstract Background Radiotherapy has been shown to cause malfunction of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators, and there are few studies of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators and radiotherapy. We report an unusual case of small cell lung cancer in a patient with an implantable cardioverter-de...

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Main Authors: Jeong Won Lee, Ki Ho Seol
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-06-01
Series:Journal of Medical Case Reports
Subjects:
Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator
Lung cancer
Radiotherapy
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13256-019-2111-y

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