Impact of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging on cardiac device and surgical therapy: a prospective study

• Published in: The International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging Vol. 29; no. 4; pp. 855 - 864
• Main Authors: Taylor, Andrew J., Ellims, Andris, Lew, Philip J. K., Murphy, Bridie, Pally, Suzana, Younie, Sandra
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.04.2013; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Analysis of Variance; Cardiac Imaging; Cardiac Pacing, Artificial - economics; Cardiac Surgical Procedures - economics; Cardiology; Chi-Square Distribution; Cost-Benefit Analysis; Decision Support Techniques; Defibrillators, Implantable; Electric Countershock - economics; Electric Countershock - instrumentation; Female; Health Care Costs; Heart Diseases - diagnosis; Heart Diseases - economics; Heart Diseases - surgery; Heart Diseases - therapy; Humans; Imaging; Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine - economics; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Middle Aged; Original Paper; Pacemaker, Artificial; Patient Selection; Predictive Value of Tests; Prospective Studies; Radiology; Young Adult; Cost-benefit analysis; Magnetic resonance imaging; Surgery; Pacemakers

Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging may allow more appropriate selection of patients for cardiac device implantation and/or cardiac surgery. In this prospective observational study we evaluated the impact of CMR imaging on cardiac device and surgical therapy. All CMR examinations performed in a...