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European Heart Journal Advance Access originally published online on May 4, 2005
European Heart Journal 2005 26(12):1243-1244; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehi299
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Heating of pacemaker leads during magnetic resonance imaging: reply

Roger Luechinger

Institute for Biomedical Engineering University and ETH Zurich
Gloriastrasse 35
CH 8092 Zurich
Switzerland
Tel: +41 44 255 30 64
Fax: +41 44 255 45 06
E-mail address: luechinger@biomed.ee.ethz.ch

Volkert A. Zeijlemaker

Bakken Research Center
Medtronic, Inc.
Maastricht, The Netherlands

Firat Duru

Division of Cardiology
University Hospital of Zurich
Zurich, Switzerland

Peter Boesiger

Institute for Biomedical Engineering University and ETH Zurich
Zurich, Switzerland

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We appreciate Dr Vahlhaus' interest in our paper.1 We agree that heating at the lead tip–myocardium interface may not significantly decrease due to the cooling effect. However, this is only valid . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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