Strategy for Safe Performance of Extrathoracic Magnetic Resonance Imaging at 1.5 Tesla in the Presence of Cardiac Pacemakers in Non–Pacemaker-Dependent Patients - Concepedia

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Strategy for Safe Performance of Extrathoracic Magnetic Resonance Imaging at 1.5 Tesla in the Presence of Cardiac Pacemakers in Non–Pacemaker-Dependent Patients

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2006

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Torsten Sommer, Claas P. Naehle, Alexander Yang, Volkert A. Zeijlemaker, M. H. Hackenbroch, A Schmiedel, Carsten H. Meyer, Katharina Strach, Dirk Skowasch, Christian Vahlhaus,

Abstract

Extrathoracic MRI of non-pacemaker-dependent patients can be performed with an acceptable risk-benefit ratio under controlled conditions and by taking both MR- and pacemaker-related precautions.

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