Abstract #5188

Exploring the therapeutic benefits of aromatherapy compared traditional medicine for patients undergoing Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging.

Angel G Houston¹, Molly Haberkorn¹, Darcy Loviscek¹, Paul Schoenhagen¹, Danielle Kara², Deborah Kwon³, and Christopher T Nguyen^1,2,4,5

¹Imaging Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, United States, ²Cardiovascular Innovation Research Center, Heart Vascular and Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, United States, ³Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, United States, ⁴Cardiovascular Medicine, Heart Vascular and Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, United States, ⁵Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, United States

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Motivation: Many individuals undergoing MRI scans experience claustrophobia. The resulting anxiety often leads to reduced image quality and even the abandonment of exams.

Goal(s): Our goal is to use aromatherapy in a comprehensive stress reduction approach that we’ve developed to help improve MRI image quality, decrease nursing intervention and improve patient experience.

Approach: More than 300 patients were involved in retrospective and prospective studies offering aromatherapy and alprazolam for anxiety during Cardiac MRI.

Results: Aromatherapy was associated with improved image quality compared to alprazolam and was a strong predictor of reduced scan duration, nursing time, and number of repeat images.

Impact: Aromatherapy has the ability to mitigate anxiety during MRI scans for patients with claustrophobia, yielding improved quality images and reduced scan time. As a result, implementation of aromatherapy has the ability to improve patient experience and clinical outcomes.

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