Pacemaker interference with screening mammography.
In female pacemaker recipients undergoing screening mammography, the impact of a pulse generator placed in the pectoral region has yet to be reviewed. We evaluated mammograms from 74 female pacemaker patients aged 40 years and older. The pulse generator obscured a portion of the mammogram in 7 patients (12%). During pacemaker implantation in women, the potential for the pulse generator to interfere with screening mammography should be considered. Baseline mammography should be obtained or reviewed; in high risk patients a nonconventional location for the pulse generator may be appropriate.
Roelke
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New Jersey Pacemaker and Defibrillator Evaluation Center, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center 07112, USA.
Rubinstein
V J
VJ
Kamath
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Krauser
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Ngarmukos
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Parsonnet
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016477:Artifacts; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008327:Mammography; D008403:Mass Screening; D008875:Middle Aged; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests