title: The use of 1.5 T magnetic resonance imaging for therapeutic decisions in patients with cardiac implantable electronic devices and significant neurological, neurosurgical and neuro-oncology diagnostic indications.
abstract: Between September 2009 and May 2014 the classification of 36 patients with cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs) in terms of the feasibility of MRI scanning due to strong clinical indications was carried out. Finally MRI examinations were performed in 20 patients, of whom 27 studies were conducted and a total number of 35 anatomical regions were scanned. Neurological, neurosurgical and neuro-oncology indications for MRI were reported in 19 patients (95%) in whom 26 MRI studies (96.3%) were performed, and 34 anatomical regions (97.1%) were scanned. One patient had indications for MRI in the field of cardiology. Medical information obtained from 27 MRI studies allowed decisions to be made regarding the treatment in all patients. After 8 studies (29.6%), patients were classified into 9 different neurosurgical procedures. In the case of the remaining 19 studies (70.4%), there were no indications for surgical treatment and the decisions to implement conservative treatment were made. There were no complications related to the implanted CIEDs observed: neither immediate nor in the follow-up.
  
  
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authors: The Second Department of Coronary Artery Disease, The Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland. Electronic address: lucas.hawryluk@gmail.com.
authors: Łukasz
authors: Ł
authors: Hawryluk
authors: The Second Department of Coronary Artery Disease, The Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland. Electronic address: msterlinski@poczta.onet.pl.
authors: Maciej
authors: M
authors: Sterliński
authors: Magnetic Resonance Unit, Department of Radiology, Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland. Electronic address: magmarczak@wp.pl.
authors: Magdalena
authors: M
authors: Marczak
authors: Magnetic Resonance Unit, Department of Radiology, Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland. Electronic address: jmisko@wp.pl.
authors: Jolanta
authors: J
authors: Miśko
authors: Department of Neurosurgery, Military Medical Institute, Warsaw, Poland. Electronic address: jkpodg@gmail.com.
authors: Jan Krzysztof
authors: JK
authors: Podgórski
authors: The Second Department of Coronary Artery Disease, The Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland. Electronic address: s_kchw@ikard.pl.
authors: Hanna
authors: H
authors: Szwed
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003657:Decision Making; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable / Q000592:standards*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000592:standards*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial / Q000592:standards*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic / Q000592:standards*
keywords: Cardiac implantable electronic device; Magnetic resonance imaging; Therapeutic decision