2017 HRS expert consensus statement on magnetic resonance imaging and radiation exposure in patients with cardiovascular implantable electronic devices

Heart Rhythm - Tập 14 Số 7 - Trang e97-e153 - 2017
Julia H. Indik1, John Gimbel2, Haruhiko Abe3, Ricardo Alkmim Teixeira4,5, Ulrika Birgersdotter‐Green6, Geoffrey D. Clarke7, Timm Dickfeld8, Jerry Froelich9, Jonathan D. Grant10,11, David L. Hayes12, Hein Heidbüchel13, Salim F. Idriss14, Emanuel Kanal15, Rachel Lampert16, Christian Machado17, John Mandrola18, Saman Nazarian19, Kristen K. Patton20, Marc A. Rozner21, Robert J. Russo22, Win-Kuang Shen23, Jerold S. Shinbane24, Wee Siong Teo25, William Uribe26, Atul Verma27, Bruce L. Wilkoff28, Pamela K. Woodard29
1University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center, Tucson, AZ
2CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY, CLEVELAND, OH
3Department of Heart Rhythm Management, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan
4Heart Institute-InCor, São Paulo University Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil
5Sapucaí Valley University-UNIVÁS and Hospital Renascentista, Pouso Alegre, Minas Gerais, Brazil
6UC San Diego Health System, La Jolla, CA
7University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX
8University of Maryland Medical System. Baltimore, Md
9Department of Radiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
10Department of Radiation Oncology, Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City, UT
11Southeast Radiation Oncology Group, Levine Cancer Institute, Carolinas Healthcare System, Charlotte, NC
12Mayo Clinic, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Rochester, MN
13Antwerp University, Antwerp, Belgium
14Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
15University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
16Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
17Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
18Baptist Health Louisville, Louisville, KY
19University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
20University of Washington, Seattle, WA
21University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
22The Scripps Research Institute and the La Jolla Cardiovascular Research Institute, La Jolla, CA
23Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ
24Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
25National Heart Centre Singapore, Singapore
26CES Cardiología and Centros Especializados de San Vicente Fundación, Medellin, Colombia
27Southlake Regional Health Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada
28Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
29Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO

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