[Cardiac function and reactivity in the late period following irradiation with high-energy protons]

Electrocardiography was used to analyze the results of 4-year investigations of the cardiac activity and reactivity (adrenalin test) in 32 dogs irradiated with high-energy protons (approximately 240 MeV) at absolutely lethal doses of 4 and 5 Gy. The author's and literature data have shown the similarity of cardiac functional features and reactivity in a long-term period in dogs with those in animals after radiation disease caused by exposure to some other types of ionizing radiations.