Vol 71, No 6 (2013)
Case studies
Published online: 2013-06-02
Magnetic resonance imaging in a patient with an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator
DOI: 10.5603/KP.2013.0129
Kardiol Pol 2013;71(6):618-620.
Abstract
The number of patients with cardiac pacemakers (PM), implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICD) and cardiac resynchronisationtherapy PM systems is increasing. The number of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) examinations is also growingand amounts to about 60 million tests per year worldwide. The presence of an ICD is still considered to be an absolute contraindicationto MRI by most experts. We present a patient with an implanted ICD who successfully underwent brain MRIwith use of special precautions.
Keywords: magnetic resonance imagingimplantable cardioverter-defibrillators