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Radiotherapy

How do high radiotherapy dose rates affect implanted cardiac devices?

20 May 2020
X-ray image showing pacemaker
The function of cardiac implantable electronic devices such as pacemakers can be affected by direct irradiation of the device during radiotherapy. (Courtesy: CC BY-SA 3.0/Lucien Monfils)
When a patient with a pacemaker or other type of cardiac implantable electronic device (CIED) requir

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