Safety of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Patients with Cardiac Devices.

Background: Patients who have pacemakers or defibrillators are often denied the opportunity to undergo magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) because of safety concerns, unless the devices meet certain criteria specified by the Food and Drug Administration (termed "MRI-conditional" devices).Methods: We pe...

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Published in:	New England Journal of Medicine Vol. 377; no. 26; pp. 2555 - 2565
Main Authors:	Nazarian, Saman, Hansford, Rozann, Rahsepar, Amir A., Weltin, Valeria, McVeigh, Diana, Ipek, Esra Gucuk, Kwan, Alan, Berger, Ronald D., Calkins, Hugh, Lardo, Albert C., Kraut, Michael A., Kamel, Ihab R., Zimmerman, Stefan L., Halperin, Henry R., Gucuk Ipek, Esra
Format:	research tables/charts Journal Article
Published:	New England Journal of Medicine 12/28/2017
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