title: Inappropriate shock and battery switching to "End of Life" in a patient with biventricular ICD during magnetic resonance imaging.
abstract: Presence of a cardiac pacemaker or implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) is a relative contraindication to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Biventricular ICDs are often used in the treatment of advanced heart failure; however, reports on experience with biventricular ICDs are lacking in the literature. In this case report, we describe a pacemaker-dependent patient with a biventricular ICD on whom an MRI of the lumbar spine was performed without having realized the presence of the ICD.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Baskent University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey. ilyasatar@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: İlyas
authors.initials: İ
authors.lastname: Atar
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Baskent University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Uğur
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Bal
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Baskent University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Çağatay
authors.initials: Ç
authors.lastname: Ertan
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Baskent University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Bülent
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Özin
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Baskent University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Haldun
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Müderrisoğlu
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000075202:Contraindications; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000009:adverse effects*