MRI in pediatric and congenital heart disease patients with CIEDs and epicardial or abandoned leads.
Lindsey Gakenheimer-SmithSusan P EtheridgeMary C NiuZhining OuAngela P PressonPatricia WhitakerJason SuMichael D PuchalskiSarah Yukiko AsakiThomas A PilcherPublished in: Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE (2020)
In this study, pediatric and adult CHD patients with CIEDs, many with epicardial or abandoned leads, underwent MRIs without clinically significant complications. In some, CIED artifact reduced cardiac MRI image quality due to CIED position.