Magnetic resonance imaging of pacemakers and implantable cardioverter-defibrillators without specific absorption rate restrictions

Europace

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 947-951

  Mollerus, Michael ^a   Albin, Glenn ^a   Lipinski, Margaret ^a   Lucca, Jill ^a  

^a Duluth Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Pacemaker; Specific absorption rate

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; DEFIBRILLATOR; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE CARDIOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PACEMAKER; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BODY BURDEN; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; RADIATION DOSE; WHOLE BODY COUNTING; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

BODY BURDEN; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; RADIATION DOSAGE; WHOLE BODY IMAGING; WHOLE-BODY COUNTING;

EID: 77955001821     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/euq092     Document Type: Article

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