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Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging at 7 Tesla
Published on: January 6, 2019
[Magnetic resonance imaging in a patient with an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator]
Marcin Fijałkowski1, Maksymilian Mielczarek, Edyta Szurowska
1I Katedra i Klinika Kardiologii, Gdański Uniwersytet Medyczny, Gdańsk. mfijalkowski@gumed.edu.pl
Abstract:
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.
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