Immediate and 12 months follow up of function and lead integrity after cranial MRI in 356 patients conventional with cardiac pacemakers

Conventional cardiac pacemakers are still often regarded as a contraindication to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). We conducted this study to support the hypothesis that it is safe to scan patients with cardiac pacemakers in a 1.5 Tesla MRI, if close supervision and monitoring as well as…

Source:Immediate and 12 months follow up of function and lead integrity after cranial MRI in 356 patients conventional with cardiac pacemakers