Safety and Clinical Impact of MRI in Patients with Non-MRI-conditional Cardiac Devices.
Sanjaya K GuptaLina Ya'QoubAlan P WimmerStanley FisherIbrahim M SaeedPublished in: Radiology. Cardiothoracic imaging (2020)
This registry demonstrates that MRI examinations, including thoracic MRI examinations, can be performed safely in patients who have non-MRI-conditional devices, in pacemaker-dependent patients with ICDs, and in patients with abandoned leads. These MRI examinations can have a substantial impact on patient care, justifying the extensive resources used to perform them.Supplemental material is available for this article.© RSNA, 2020See also the commentary by Peshock in this issue.