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Area of Science:

  • Cardiovascular Imaging
  • Medical Device Engineering
  • Interventional Cardiology

Background:

  • Interventional cardiovascular magnetic resonance (iCMR) offers potential for radiation-free catheterization and improved guidance in structural heart and electrophysiological interventions.
  • Clinical translation of iCMR is hindered by the lack of devices safe for the magnetic resonance (MR) environment.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To discuss challenges and solutions for the clinical translation of iCMR.
  • To review recent advances enabling human iCMR procedures.
  • To explore future clinical applications of iCMR.

Main Methods:

  • Discussion of challenges in device design for MR environments.
  • Review of MR-conditional and MR-safe device development.
  • Analysis of interventional suite configuration for iCMR.
  • Examination of recent human iCMR case studies.

Main Results:

  • Recent advances have enabled diagnostic MR right heart catheterization in humans.
  • Simple electrophysiologic ablations using iCMR have been successfully performed in humans.
  • Progress in MR-conditional device design is addressing safety concerns.

Conclusions:

  • Overcoming device safety challenges is crucial for widespread iCMR adoption.
  • iCMR is transitioning from pre-clinical research to human clinical applications.
  • Future applications of iCMR hold significant promise for interventional cardiology.