Coverage of Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Patients With Cardiac Devices: Improving the Coverage With Evidence Development Program

JAMA Cardiol. 2017 Jul 1;2(7):711-712. doi: 10.1001/jamacardio.2017.1674.

Authors

Daniel B Kramer¹, Aaron S Kesselheim²

Affiliations

¹ Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts2The Richard A. and Susan F. Smith Center for Outcomes Research in Cardiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.
² Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts3Program On Regulation, Therapeutics, and Law (PORTAL), Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Biomedical Research*
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.*
Contraindications
Defibrillators, Implantable*
Evidence-Based Medicine*
Health Policy
Humans
Insurance, Health, Reimbursement*
Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
Pacemaker, Artificial*
United States

Grants and funding

K23 AG045963/AG/NIA NIH HHS/United States