The Effects of Pencil Beam Scanning Proton Beam Therapy on a HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Assist Device: Implications for Patient Safety

ASAIO J. 2022 Sep 1;68(9):e145-e147. doi: 10.1097/MAT.0000000000001677. Epub 2022 Feb 1.

Authors

Kunal K Sindhu¹, Chengyu Shi², Noah Moss³, Haibo Lin², Jingqiao Zhang², Lei Hu², Sonam Sharma^{1

2}, Richard L Bakst^{1

2}, Arpit Chhabra², Charles B Simone 2nd², Lucas Resende Salgado^{2

4}

Affiliations

¹ From the Department of Radiation Oncology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, U.S.A.
² New York Proton Center, New York, New York, U.S.A.
³ Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, U.S.A.
⁴ NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst, New York, New York, U.S.A.

PMID: 35537112
DOI: 10.1097/MAT.0000000000001677

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Heart Failure* / therapy
Heart-Assist Devices* / adverse effects
Humans
Patient Safety
Prosthesis Design
Proton Therapy*