Magnetic resonance imaging in a patient with an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator

Magnetic resonance imaging in a patient with an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator

The number of patients with cardiac pacemakers (PM), implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICD) and cardiac resynchronisation therapy PM systems is increasing. The number of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) examinations is also growing and amounts to about 60 million tests per year worldwide. The...

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Veröffentlicht in:Kardiologia polska 2013-01, Vol.71 (6), p.618-620
Hauptverfasser: Fijałkowski, Marcin, Mielczarek, Maksymilian, Szurowska, Edyta, Zacharek, Dariusz, Kempa, Maciej, Dorniak, Karolina, Bohdan, Michał, Sabisz, Agnieszka, Dubaniewicz, Mirosława, Rynkiewicz, Andrzej
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Sprache:eng ; pol
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Aged
Brain - pathology
Contraindications
Defibrillators, Implantable
Equipment Safety
Female
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Parkinson Disease - diagnosis
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Zusammenfassung:The number of patients with cardiac pacemakers (PM), implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICD) and cardiac resynchronisation therapy PM systems is increasing. The number of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) examinations is also growing and amounts to about 60 million tests per year worldwide. The presence of an ICD is still considered to be an absolute contraindication to MRI by most experts. We present a patient with an implanted ICD who successfully underwent brain MRI with use of special precautions.
ISSN:0022-9032
1897-4279
DOI:10.5603/KP.2013.0129