In vivo heating of pacemaker leads during magnetic resonance imaging

European Heart Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 376-383

  Luechinger, Roger ^a   Zeijlemaker, Volkert A ^b   Pedersen, Erik Morre ^c   Mortensen, Peter ^c   Falk, Erling ^c   Duru, Firat ^d   Candinas, Reto ^d   Boesiger, Peter ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b MEDTRONIC BAKKEN RESEARCH CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic interference; Heating; in vivo; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pacemakers; Safety

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; HEATING; HISTOLOGY; IN VIVO STUDY; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SENSOR; SWINE; TEMPERATURE; TISSUE INJURY;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; HEART VENTRICLES; HEAT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, ANIMAL; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; SWINE;

EID: 14144252694     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehi009     Document Type: Article

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