MRI of the brain is safe in patients implanted with the vagus nerve stimulator

Seizure

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 512-515

  Benbadis, Selim R ^a   Nyhenhuis, John ^b   Tatum IV, William O ^a   Murtagh, F Reed ^a   Gieron, Maria ^a   Vale, Fernando L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

MRI; Vagus nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMATOMA; BRAIN TUMOR; CHILD; CLAUSTROPHOBIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INFANT; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; VASCULITIS;

EID: 0035692272     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/seiz.2001.0540     Document Type: Article

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