Industry viewpoint: St. Jude Medical: Pacemakers, ICDs and MRI

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 266-267

  Levine, Paul A ^a  

^a ST JUDE MEDICAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; DEFIBRILLATOR; EDITORIAL; IMPLANTATION; MAGNETIC FIELD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY;

DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 18044373054     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2005.50027.x     Document Type: Editorial

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