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Open Access
01-12-2015 | Poster presentation
Cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging in patients with MR-conditional devices: a UK tertiary centre experience on image quality and change in patients management
Authors:
Nauman Ahmed, Amardeep Ghosh Dastidar, Elisa McAlindon, Chris B Lawton, Daniel Augustine, Glyn Thomas, Edward Duncan, Tim Cripps, Ihab Diab, Chiara Bucciarelli-Ducci
Published in:
Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance
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Special Issue 1/2015
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Excerpt
Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) examinations is increasingly used in daily clinical practice. Conventional pacemakers and implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICD) have always been regarded as a contraindication to MR imaging. However the introduction of MR-conditional systems have significantly improved access to MR examinations. Limited data exists regarding indications and management outcomes and impact of different cardiac rhythm devices on image quality …