Safe performance of magnetic resonance imaging on a patient with an ICD.
This is a report on a patient with an implanted cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) who intentionally underwent magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of a malignant brain tumor. To avoid inadequate detection of ventricular tachycardia (VT) or ventricular fibrillation (VF), the ICD was inactivated by programming the VT-detection and VT/VF-therapy status off. The patient came through the protocol safely and without any difficulty or discomfort. There was no arrhythmic event. MRI affected neither programmed data nor the function of the ICD system.
Wollmann
Christian
C
Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Hospital of the University of Münster, Albert-Schweitzer-Strasse 33, D-48149 Münster, Germany.
Grude
Matthias
M
Tombach
Bernd
B
Kugel
Harald
H
Heindel
Walter
W
Breithardt
Günter
G
Böcker
Dirk
D
Vahlhaus
Christian
C
D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable; D004869:Equipment Safety; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*