The AHA Scientific Statement of MRI in patients with devices: Neat, but incomplete. Unwise and unsupported

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 649-651

  Gimbel, J Rod ^a,b  

^a East Tennessee Heart Consultants ^*

^b East Tennessee Heart Consultants   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DEFIBRILLATOR; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; MAGNETISM; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PACEMAKER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SAFETY; SHORT SURVEY;

EQUIPMENT FAILURE; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL ERRORS; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 44449166000     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2008.01066.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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