MRI of patients with cardiac pacemakers: A review of the medical literature

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 196, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 390-401

  Zikria, Joseph F ^a   Machnicki, Stephen ^a   Rhim, Eugene ^a   Bhatti, Tandeep ^a   Graham, Robert E ^a  

^a LENOX HILL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

MRI; Pacemaker; Safety

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PACEMAKER; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SAFETY; PEER REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

ANIMALS; DOGS; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; RISK; SWINE;

EID: 79251579035     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.10.4239     Document Type: Review

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