Safe Performance of Magnetic Resonance Imaging on a Patient with an ICD

This is a report on a patient with an implanted cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) who intentionally underwent magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of a malignant brain tumor. To avoid inadequate detection of ventricular tachycardia (VT) or ventricular fibrillation (VF), the ICD was inactivated by program...

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Published inPacing and clinical electrophysiology Vol. 28; no. 4; pp. 339 - 342
Main Authors WOLLMANN, CHRISTIAN, GRUDE, MATTHIAS, TOMBACH, BERND, KUGEL, HARALD, HEINDEL, WALTER, BREITHARDT, GÜNTER, BÖCKER, DIRK, VAHLHAUS, CHRISTIAN
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 350 Main Street , Malden , MA 02148‐5018 , USA and 9600 Garsington Road , Oxford OX4 2DQ , UK Blackwell Science Inc 01.04.2005
Subjects
Brain Neoplasms - complications
Brain Neoplasms - diagnosis
Defibrillators, Implantable
Equipment Safety
Humans
ICD
interference
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Middle Aged
Tachycardia, Ventricular - etiology
Tachycardia, Ventricular - therapy
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Summary:This is a report on a patient with an implanted cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) who intentionally underwent magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of a malignant brain tumor. To avoid inadequate detection of ventricular tachycardia (VT) or ventricular fibrillation (VF), the ICD was inactivated by programming the VT‐detection and VT/VF‐therapy status off. The patient came through the protocol safely and without any difficulty or discomfort. There was no arrhythmic event. MRI affected neither programmed data nor the function of the ICD system.
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ISSN:0147-8389
1540-8159
DOI:10.1111/j.1540-8159.2005.09535.x