Published 1999 | Version v1
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Electromagnetic and radiation environments: effects on pacemakers

Creators

  • 1. CEA Bruyeres-le-Chatel, 91 (France)
  • 2. Bureau National de Metrologie, LPRI, CEA Saclay, 91 - Gif-sur-Yvette (France)
  • 3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Lab. de Physique des Gaz et des Plasma, SUPELEC, 91 - Orsay (France)
  • 4. Centre de Stimulation Cardiaque, CHU de Brabois, 54 - Vandoeuvre les Nancy (France)
  • 5. CEA Saclay, Dept. d'Electronique et d'Instrumentation Nucleaire, LETI, 91 - Gif-sur-Yvette (France)

Description

Nowadays, medical care development allows many people to share the benefits of implanted pacemakers (PM). PM can be perturbed and even fall in complete breakdowns in an electromagnetic and radiation environment. A stimuli-dependent patient can thus be seriously in danger. This article presents the effect of ionizing radiation from either a cobalt-60 source or from a linear accelerator (Saturne 43) on 12 pacemakers. It seems that technological progress make electronic circuits more sensitive to the cumulated dose of radiation. This survey shows that pacemakers have great difficulties to sustain ionizing radiation doses that are commonly delivered to patients during therapies. Usually perturbed functioning appears suddenly and means a strong shift of stimuli that might lead to heart failure

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Additional details

Additional titles

Original title (French)
Environnements electromagnetiques et radiatifs: effets sur les stimulateurs cardiaques

Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
[4 p.]
Report number
INIS-FR--1978

Conference

Title
5. European conference on radiation and its effects on components and systems
Original Conference Title
5. congres europeen les radiations et leurs effets sur les composants et les systemes
Dates
13-17 Sep 1999
Place
Abbaye de Fontevraud (France)

INIS

Country of Publication
France
Country of Input or Organization
France
INIS RN
34077972
Subject category
S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
CARDIAC PACEMAKERS; COBALT 60; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; IONIZING RADIATIONS; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIOTHERAPY
Descriptors DEC
ACCELERATORS; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; COBALT ISOTOPES; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTOPES; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; MEDICINE; MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; NUCLEI; ODD-ODD NUCLEI; RADIATIONS; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOLOGY; THERAPY; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES

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