Strategy for safe performance of magnetic resonance imaging on a patient with implantable cardioverter defibrillator

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 113-116

  Naehle, Claas Philip ^a   Sommer, Torsten ^a   Meyer, Carsten ^a   Strach, Katharina ^a   Kreuz, Jens ^a   Litt, Harold ^b   Lewalter, Thorsten ^a   Schild, Hans ^a   Schwab, Joerg Otto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Defibrillation ICD; Radiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CASE REPORT; DEFIBRILLATOR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOFREQUENCY;

ADULT; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE;

EID: 33645126120     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2006.00285.x     Document Type: Article

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