Safe, sensible, sagacious: Responsible scanning of pacemaker patients [1]

European Heart Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 16, 2005, Pages 1683-1684

  Gimbel, J Rod ^a   Wilkoff, Bruce L ^b   Kanal, Emanuel ^c   Rozner, Marc A ^d  

^a Parkwest Hospital   (United States)

^b CLEVELAND CLINIC LERNER COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; HUMAN; LETTER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

GUIDELINES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; REFUSAL TO TREAT; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 25844474128     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehi360     Document Type: Letter

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