Performing magnetic resonance imaging in patients with implantable pacemakers and defibrillators: Results of a European Heart Rhythm Association survey

Europace

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1807-1809

  Marinskis, Germanas ^a   Bongiorni, Maria Grazia ^b   Dagres, Nikolaos ^c   Dobreanu, Dan ^d   Lewalter, Thorsten ^e   Blomström Lundqvist, Carina ^f  

^a VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PISA   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^e Isarklinikum Munich   (Germany)

^f UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

ICD; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pacemaker

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; COMPLICATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART RHYTHM; HUMAN; IMPLANTED HEART PACEMAKER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; REVIEW;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DATA COLLECTION; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS;

EID: 84870201771     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eus379     Document Type: Review

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