Editorial: Myths, magical thinking, and MRI

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1245-1246

  Gimbel, J Rod ^a  

^a Parkwest Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERROMAGNETIC MATERIAL;

ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ELECTRIC BURN; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; NOTE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

BURNS, ELECTRIC; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 70349545964     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2009.02496.x     Document Type: Editorial

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