Safe magnetic resonance image scanning of the pacemaker patient: Current technologies and future directions

Europace

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 631-637

  Jung, Werner ^a   Zvereva, Vlada ^a   Hajredini, Bajram ^a   Jäckle, Sebastian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Implantable defibrillators; MRI; Pacemakers; Safety

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN;

DEFIBRILLATOR; HUMAN; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PACEMAKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; REVIEW; SAFETY;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84860456690     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eur391     Document Type: Review

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