Case Report of the Safety Assessment of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Use in a Patient With Cardiac Pacemaker: To Pulse or Not to Pulse?

Diana Y WeiFiona S GreenwoodFrancis D MurgatroydPeter J Goadsby

Published in: Headache (2019)

Having regard to the risk/benefit ratio of sTMS, its use in patients with disabling migraine in the presence of a cardiac pacemaker can be carefully evaluated and may represent a useful therapeutic option.

Keyphrases

transcranial magnetic stimulation
case report
high frequency
blood pressure
left ventricular
vena cava
atrial fibrillation