Feeling the price tag of magnetic resonance imaging claustrophobia

Idiopathic Arachnoiditis of the Cauda Equina: A Case Report from Tanzania

“…Our patient had health insurance allowing for quick diagnosis and rapidly recovered, which might be unusual in our setting where a very small minority population are insured against health expenses. And an MRI costs over 3 monthly wages for the average Tanzanian [ 16 ].…”

Review of claustrophobia incidence in MRI: A service evaluation of current rates across a multi-centre service

“…In this context, the potential financial consequence of failing a scan may be enough to motivate, or maybe those persons privately funding are more inclined to take ownership of their health. Conversely it may be argued that those with higher income to afford insurance may be less concerned over potentially wasted payments (52). Whereas for scans that are government funded, there is no obvious cost or financial consequence to failure, which could in itself inhibit self-motivation to necessarily tolerate a scan.…”

Primary Soft Tissue Sarcoma of the Heart: An Emerging Chapter in Cardio-Oncology

“…MRI claustrophobia is a further dilemma when adopting this imaging technique. Although the gadolinium is a safe "contrast" as compared to computer tomography (CT), the claustrophobia may impact on the final adherence of the patient to the imaging technique [58].…”

“…Indeed, the literature offers little further data about the application and the outcomes related to this surgical technique [64,65]. Kim et al [58] evaluated the influence of the site of origin on surgery outcome. They observed an overall 5-year survival rate equal to 17% in patients with pSTS-h involving right cardiac chambers, which was extremely lower as compared to the survival rate from those of the left cardiac chambers [66].…”