Unexpected asystole during 3T magnetic resonance imaging of a pacemaker-dependent patient with a 'modern' pacemaker

Europace

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1241-1242

  Gimbel, J Rod ^a  

^a East Tennessee Heart Consultants   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ASYSTOLE; CASE REPORT; DIZZINESS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY;

AGED; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 70349442539     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eup162     Document Type: Article

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