Safety considerations for magnetic resonance imaging of pacemaker and ICD patients

Herzschrittmachertherapie und Elektrophysiologie

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 73-81

  Luechinger, Roger ^a   Duru, Firat ^b   Candinas, Reto ^b   Boesiger, Peter ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic interference; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pacemaker

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; DEFIBRILLATION; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART PACING; HEATING; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MAGNETIC FIELD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; THERMAL INJURY;

EID: 2442716388     PISSN: 09387412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00399-004-0401-5     Document Type: Review

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