Safety and imaging quality of MRI in pediatric and adult congenital heart disease patients with pacemakers

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 450-456

  Pulver, Aaron F ^a,c   Puchalski, Michael D ^a   Bradley, David J ^b   Minich, L Luann ^a   Su, Jason T ^a   Saarel, Elizabeth V ^a   Whitaker, Patricia ^a   Etheridge, Susan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c Division of Pediatric Cardiology   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital heart disease; Epicardial leads; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pacemaker; Safety

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART BLOCK; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LONG QT SYNDROME; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; ARTIFACTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63049113820     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2009.02304.x     Document Type: Article

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