?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Electromagnetic+Interference+in+Implantable+Rhythm+Devices%3A+Comment&rft.creator=Ramachandran%2C+P.V.&rft.subject=Indian+Pacing+and+Electrophysiology+Journal&rft.description=This+is+a+short+comment+on+the+editorial+on+Electromagnetic+Interference+in+Implantable+Rhythm+Devices+-+The+Indian+Scenario+in+the+July-September+issue+of+the+journal.1+Regarding+the+statement%3A+%22Systems+working+at+0.5+Tesla+are+available+in+the+country+so+that+it+may+be+considered+in+such+situations...%22+%2C+though+the+author+conveys+his+point%2C+it+gives+reader+a+feeling+that+0.5+Tesla+magnetic+resonance+imaging+(MRI)+units+are+advantageous.+In+fact+for+every+other+diagnostic+purpose+we+would+like+to+have+higher+Tesla+MRI+units.+The+0.5+Tesla+unit+is+inferior+compared+to+higher+Tesla+systems.+The+cry+of+Eastern+European+countries+in+a+conference+held+in+November+2001+at+Antwerpen+by+the+European+Working+Group+on+Management+in+Radiology+(EWGMR)%2C+was+that+they+have+only+0.5+Tesla+magnets+and+so+they+can+not+do+this+%2C+that+%2C+no+functional+MRI+%2C+no+stroke+imaging+etc+etc...+But+a+western+European+reader+can+get+confused.+I+do+not+think+there+will+be+a+single+system+working+at+0.5+Tesla+in+countries+like+Germany.%0A&rft.publisher=Indian+Pacing+and+Electrophysiology+Group&rft.contributor=Singh%2C+Balbir&rft.contributor=Lokhandwala%2C+Yash&rft.contributor=Francis%2C+Johnson&rft.contributor=Gupta%2C+Anup&rft.date=2002-10&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4304%2F1%2Framachandran.htm&rft.identifier=++Ramachandran%2C+P.V.++(2002)+Electromagnetic+Interference+in+Implantable+Rhythm+Devices%3A+Comment.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4304%2F