Potential MR hazard to patients with metallic heart valves: The Lenz effect

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 171-176

  Condon, Barrie ^a   Hadley, Donald M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Artificial heart valve; Mechanical; MRI; Safety

Indexed keywords

BORON; CARBON; CHROMIUM; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIAL; IRON; MANGANESE; METAL; MOLYBDENUM; NICKEL; PHOSPHORUS; SILICON; TITANIUM; TUNGSTEN;

ARTICLE; CONDUCTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORCE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; MAGNETIC FIELD; METAL IMPLANTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; TORQUE;

HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; METALS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033945859     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1522-2586(200007)12:1<171::AID-JMRI19>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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