Is magnetic resonance imaging safe in cardiac pacemaker recipients?

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 274-278

  Del Ojo, Juan Leal ^a   Moya, F ^b   Villalba, J ^c   Sanz, O ^d   Pavon R ^a   Garcia, D ^a   Pastor, L ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE VALME   (Spain)

^b Centro PET Cartuja   (Spain)

^c CERCO   (Spain)

^d St Jude Medical ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Pacemaker; Pacemaker complications; Pacemaker reprogramming

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FEMALE; HEART PACING; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PACEMAKER ELECTRODE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY;

AGED; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 18044391708     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2005.50033.x     Document Type: Article

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