[A rare complication of thoracic radiotherapy: auriculoventricular block. Apropos of a case and review of the literature].
The authors report the case of a 30-year old patient who presented atrioventricular block 12 years after mediastinal radiation treatment of Hodgkin's disease. This patient had been monitored in the service for 3 years after the insertion of a pacemaker. A review of the literature, identified 15 cases of post-radiation AV block. The AV block was subnodal in the 7 cases which were subjected to endocavitary recording.
Borrel
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E
Service de Cardiologie, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire de Grenoble.
Wolf
J E
JE
Page
E
E
Chaltiel
G
G
Bertrand
B
B
Machecourt
J
J
Reboud
J P
JP
Denis
B
B
D000328:Adult; D006327:Heart Block / Q000209:etiology*; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011832:Radiation Injuries; D013997:Time Factors
Une complication rare de la radiothérapie thoracique: le bloc auriculoventriculaire. A propos d'une observation et revue de la littérature.