Magnetic resonance imaging and implantable cardiac electronic devices: It's not what we can do, it's what we should do

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 436-438

  Roguin, Ariel ^a   Goldsher, Dorith ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CARDIOVASCULAR EQUIPMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DEFIBRILLATOR; EDITORIAL; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART PACING; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LOOP RECORDER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SAFETY; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES;

DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS;

EID: 77955072528     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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