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Do we need MR conditional pacemakers?

Author(s) : Luechinger, R , Duru, F
Description : Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a widely accepted tool for the diagnosis of a variety of disease states. However, due to safety concerns the presence of an implanted cardiac pacemaker is considered to be a contraindication to MRI in most medical centres. The increasing number of implanted pacema...
Language(s) : English
Subject(s) : Clinic for Cardiology , Institute of Biomedical Engineering , 170 Ethics , 610 Medicine & health
Publisher(s) : EMH Swiss Medical Publishers
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Source(s) : Luechinger, R; Duru, F (2010). Do we need MR conditional pacemakers? Cardiovascular Medicine, 13(2):70-74.
Publication Date(s) : 2010-01-01