To investigate safety and diagnostic value of 1.5-T MRI in carriers of conventional pacemaker (cPM) or conventional implantable defibrillator (cICD).We prospectively compared cPM/cICD-carriers undergoing MRI (study group, SG), excluding those device-dependent or implanted < 6 weeks before enrolment or prior to 01/01/2000, with cPM/cICD-carriers undergoing chest x-ray, CT or follow-up (reference group, RG).142 MRI (55 cardiac) were performed in 120 patients with cPM (n=71) or cICD (n=71). In the RG 98 measurements were performed in 95 patients with cPM (n=40) or cICD (n=58). No adverse events were observed. No MRI prolonged/interrupted. All cPM/cICD were correctly reprogrammed after MRI without malfunctions. One temporary communication failure was observed in one cPM-carrier. Immediately after MRI, 12/14 device interrogation parameters did not change significantly (clinically negligible changes of battery voltage and cICD charging time), without significant variations for SG versus RG. Three-12 months after MRI, 9/11 device interrogation parameters did not change significantly (clinically negligible changes of battery impedance/voltage). Non-significant changes of three markers of myocardial necrosis. Non-cardiac MRI: 82/87 diagnostic without artefacts; 4/87 diagnostic with artefacts; 1/87 partially diagnostic. Cardiac MRI: in cPM-carriers, 14/15 diagnostic with artefacts, 1/15 partially diagnostic; in cICD-carriers, 9/40 diagnostic with artefacts, 22 partially diagnostic, nine non-diagnostic.A favourable risk-benefit ratio of 1.5-T MRI in cPM/cICD carriers was reported.aEuro cent Cooperation between radiologists and cardiac electrophysiologists allowed safe 1.5-T MRI in cPM/cICD-carriers.aEuro cent No adverse events for 142 MRI in 71 cPM-carriers and 71 cICD-carriers.aEuro cent Ninety-nine per cent (86/87) of non-cardiac MRI in cPM/cICD-carriers were diagnostic.aEuro cent All cPM-carrier cardiac MRIs had artefacts, 14 examinations diagnostic, 1 partially diagnostic.aEuro cent Twenty-three per cent (9/40) of cardiac MRI in cICD-carriers were non-diagnostic.

An eight-year prospective controlled study about the safety and diagnostic value of cardiac and non-cardiac 1.5-T MRI in patients with a conventional pacemaker or a conventional implantable cardioverter defibrillator

Cappato, Riccardo;
2018-01-01

Abstract

To investigate safety and diagnostic value of 1.5-T MRI in carriers of conventional pacemaker (cPM) or conventional implantable defibrillator (cICD).We prospectively compared cPM/cICD-carriers undergoing MRI (study group, SG), excluding those device-dependent or implanted < 6 weeks before enrolment or prior to 01/01/2000, with cPM/cICD-carriers undergoing chest x-ray, CT or follow-up (reference group, RG).142 MRI (55 cardiac) were performed in 120 patients with cPM (n=71) or cICD (n=71). In the RG 98 measurements were performed in 95 patients with cPM (n=40) or cICD (n=58). No adverse events were observed. No MRI prolonged/interrupted. All cPM/cICD were correctly reprogrammed after MRI without malfunctions. One temporary communication failure was observed in one cPM-carrier. Immediately after MRI, 12/14 device interrogation parameters did not change significantly (clinically negligible changes of battery voltage and cICD charging time), without significant variations for SG versus RG. Three-12 months after MRI, 9/11 device interrogation parameters did not change significantly (clinically negligible changes of battery impedance/voltage). Non-significant changes of three markers of myocardial necrosis. Non-cardiac MRI: 82/87 diagnostic without artefacts; 4/87 diagnostic with artefacts; 1/87 partially diagnostic. Cardiac MRI: in cPM-carriers, 14/15 diagnostic with artefacts, 1/15 partially diagnostic; in cICD-carriers, 9/40 diagnostic with artefacts, 22 partially diagnostic, nine non-diagnostic.A favourable risk-benefit ratio of 1.5-T MRI in cPM/cICD carriers was reported.aEuro cent Cooperation between radiologists and cardiac electrophysiologists allowed safe 1.5-T MRI in cPM/cICD-carriers.aEuro cent No adverse events for 142 MRI in 71 cPM-carriers and 71 cICD-carriers.aEuro cent Ninety-nine per cent (86/87) of non-cardiac MRI in cPM/cICD-carriers were diagnostic.aEuro cent All cPM-carrier cardiac MRIs had artefacts, 14 examinations diagnostic, 1 partially diagnostic.aEuro cent Twenty-three per cent (9/40) of cardiac MRI in cICD-carriers were non-diagnostic.
2018
Conventional implantable cardioverter defibrillators
Conventional pacemakers
Image artefacts
Magnetic resonance imaging
Risk-benefit ratio
Aged
Arrhythmias, Cardiac
Equipment Design
Equipment Safety
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine
Male
Middle Aged
Prospective Studies
Artifacts
Defibrillators, Implantable
Pacemaker, Artificial
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