Pacemaker interference with screening mammography

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1106-1107

  Roelke, Marc ^a   Rubinstein, Valeria J ^b   Kamath, Shuba ^b   Krauser, Daniel ^b   Ngarmukos, Tachapong ^b   Parsonnet, Victor ^b  

^a NEWARK BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Mammography; Pacemaker

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PACEMAKER; PULSE GENERATOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTIFACTS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 0032798537     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1999.tb00581.x     Document Type: Article

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