Cardiovascular magnetic resonance is successfully feasible in many patients aged 3 to 8years without general anesthesia or sedation.
OBJECTIVE
Patients younger than 8 years are usually examined by cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) under general anesthesia (GA) or sedation without intubation. Therefore, we sought to study the feasibility of CMR in patients aged 3 to 8years without GA or sedation.


METHODS
Data sets of 71 consecutive patients aged 3 to 8years were studied retrospectively.


METHODS
The total cohort was divided into 2 groups: a no-GA or sedation without intubation group (no-GA or sedation) and a GA or sedation without intubation group (GA or sedation).


METHODS
The patients' age, scan durations for each group, successfully answered clinical question, and number of sequences per study were compared between both groups.


RESULTS
Scan duration in the no-GA or sedation group (n=44) was 35± 20minutes, and that in the GA or sedation group (n=27) was 60± 31minutes (P<.001). The percentage of successful reports was 95% (42/44) in the no-GA or sedation group and 89% (24 of 27) in the GA or sedation group (P=.29).


CONCLUSIONS
CMR in patients aged 3 to 8years is usually successfully feasible without GA or sedation.
Department of Radiology, Cairo University Hospitals, 11256, Cairo, Egypt. Electronic address: Ahmedkharabish@hotmail.com.
Ahmed
A
Kharabish
Department of Congenital Heart Diseases and Pediatric Cardiology, Deutsches Herzzentrum München, Technische Universität München, München, Germany.
Naira
N
Mkrtchyan
Department of Congenital Heart Diseases and Pediatric Cardiology, Deutsches Herzzentrum München, Technische Universität München, München, Germany.
Christian
C
Meierhofer
Department of Radiology, Deutsches Herzzentrum München, Technische Universität München, München, Germany.
Stefan
S
Martinoff
Department of Congenital Heart Diseases and Pediatric Cardiology, Deutsches Herzzentrum München, Technische Universität München, München, Germany.
Peter
P
Ewert
Department of Congenital Heart Diseases and Pediatric Cardiology, Deutsches Herzzentrum München, Technische Universität München, München, Germany.
Heiko
H
Stern
Department of Congenital Heart Diseases and Pediatric Cardiology, Deutsches Herzzentrum München, Technische Universität München, München, Germany.
Sohrab
S
Fratz
D000768:Anesthesia, General / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D000066491:Clinical Decision-Making; D016292:Procedural Sedation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013997:Time Factors
Cardiovascular magnetic resonance; Congenital heart diseases; General anesthesia