Magnetic resonance imaging-conditional devices: Luxury or real clinical need?

Although the risk of MRI scanning on patients with conventional devices is lower than initially thought, the patient's safety can only be guaranteed when using MRI-conditional devices. The most important modifications in MRI-conditional devices include a) Reduction in ferromagnetic components t...

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Main Authors: Sophie I. Mavrogeni, George Poulos, Genovefa Kolovou, George Theodorakis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-07-01
Series:Hellenic Journal of Cardiology
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1109966616302810