Magnetic resonance imaging and cardiac pacemaker safety at 1.5-Tesla

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1315-1324

  Martin, Edward T ^a,b   Coman, James A ^a,b   Shellock, Frank G ^c   Pulling, Christopher C ^d   Fair, Robert ^a   Jenkins, Kim ^a  

^a Oklahoma Heart Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Integra CTS   (United States)

Author keywords

ACLS; Advanced cardiac life support; ECG; Electrocardiographic electrocardiography; Magnetic resonance; Magnetic resonance angiography; Magnetic resonance imaging; MR; MRA; MRI; Radiofrequency; RF; SAR; Specific absorption rate

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HUMAN; IMPLANT; INFORMATION; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; MEASUREMENT; MONITORING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE GENERATOR; RADIOFREQUENCY; REMOTE SENSING; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINUS NODE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM; THEORY;

EID: 1842478179     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2003.12.016     Document Type: Article

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