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. 2018 Feb;39(2):E36.
doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A5450. Epub 2017 Oct 26.

Economic Considerations in MR Imaging of Patients with Cardiac Devices

M U Antonucci  1 , M V Spampinato  1 , E R Ritenour  1
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Economic Considerations in MR Imaging of Patients with Cardiac Devices

M U Antonucci et al. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2018 Feb.
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    Korutz AW, Russell EJ, Hijaz TA, Collins JD, Knight BP, Nemeth AJ. Korutz AW, et al. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2018 Feb;39(2):E37. doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A5467. Epub 2017 Oct 26. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2018. PMID: 29074630 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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    Korutz AW, Obajuluwa A, Lester MS, McComb EN, Hijaz TA, Collins JD, Dandamudi S, Knight BP, Nemeth AJ. Korutz AW, et al. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2017 Dec;38(12):2222-2230. doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A5314. Epub 2017 Jul 13. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2017. PMID: 28705821 Free PMC article. Review.

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