Assessing the Risks Associated with MRI in Patients with a Pacemaker or Defibrillator

BACKGROUND The presence of a cardiovascular implantable electronic device has long been a contraindication for the performance of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). We established a prospective registry to determine the risks associated with MRI at a magnetic field strength of 1.5 tesla for patients...

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Main Authors: Russo, Robert J., Costa, Heather S., Silva, Patricia D., Anderson, Jeffrey L., Arshad, Aysha, Biederman, Robert W.W., Boyle, Noel G., Frabizzio, Jennifer V., Birgersdotter-Green, Ulrika, Higgins, Steven L., Lampert, Rachel, Machado, Christian E., Martin, Edward T., Rivard, Andrew L., Rubenstein, Jason C., Schaerf, Raymond H.M., Schwartz, Jennifer D., Shah, Dipan J., Tomassoni, Gery F., Tominaga, Gail T., Tonkin, Allison E., Uretsky, Seth, Wolff, Steven D.
Other Authors: Univ Arizona, Dept Entomol
Language:en
Published: MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SOC 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/623014
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