Abstract #4873
MRI Safety and Cardiac Pacemakers/ICDs
Karl K. Vigen 1 , Kurt S. Hoffmayer 2 , and Scott B. Reeder 1,3
1
Radiology, University of Wisconsin-Madison,
Madison, WI, United States,
2
Medicine,
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United
States,
3
Medicine, Medical Physics and
Biomedical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison,
WI, United States
Cardiac pacemakers and implantable cardioverter
defribrillators (ICDs) have been traditionally been
contraindicated for MRI. Recently, device manufacturers
have developed pacemakers and ICDs that are specifically
designed and approved as MRI-compatible. In addition,
several sites have reported successfully imaging
patients with conventional pacemakers and ICDs, and a
large clinical trial is underway which is investigating
the use of MRI for patients with conventional devices.
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