Potential harmful effects of magnetic resonance imaging in pacemaker patients should not be underestimated [3]

Europace

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 389-390

  Luechinger, Roger ^a   Zeijlemaker, Volkert A ^b   Boesiger, Peter ^a   Duru, Firat ^c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b MEDTRONIC BAKKEN RESEARCH CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; FATALITY; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART PACING; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HEART STIMULATION; HEATING; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; LETTER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STEADY STATE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; SICK SINUS SYNDROME; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 33745423763     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eul027     Document Type: Letter

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