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Cardiac pacemakers and implantable cardioverter defibrillators are unaffected by operation of an extremity MR imaging system.

Shellock et al., 1999

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2727579213614374812
Author
Shellock F
O'Neil M
Ivans V
Kelly D
O'Connor M
Toay L
Crues J
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AJR. American journal of roentgenology

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The objective of our investigation was to determine whether an MR imaging system designed to obtain images of the extremities affects the safety and functionality of pacemakers or that of implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs). Ex vivo experiments …
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