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Cardiac MR in Patients with Implantable Arrhythmia Devices

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Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has become an established method of cardiovascular imaging in many clinical situations. In recent years, newer MRI techniques have been developed allowing both morphology assessment and functional evaluation of patients with congenital heart disease (CHD) (Knauth Meadows et al., Semin Roentgenol 43:246–258, 2008; Marcotte et al., Congenit Heart Dis 4:216–230, 2009). Furthermore, it has been shown that MRI is superior to echocardiography for certain anatomic regions due to acoustic window limitations, particularly in the pulmonary artery branches and the aortic arch in adult patients. MRI is currently established as the gold standard for measurements of ventricular volumes as well as for blood flow analysis (Koskenvuo et al., Clin Physiol Funct Imaging 27:385–393, 2007; Maceira et al., Eur Heart J 27:2879–2888, 2006; Kilner et al., J Cardiovasc Magn Reson 9:723–728, 2007; Prakash et al., Am J Cardiol 93:657–661, 2004). These advantages coupled with the freedom from ionizing radiation make MRI an attractive noninvasive imaging tool for patients with CHD (Rebergen and de Roos Herz 25:365–383, 2000).

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Acknowledgments

Dr. Nazarian is on the MRI advisory panel (unpaid) for Medtronic. Dr. Nazarian is a scientific advisor to and is principal investigator for research funding to Johns Hopkins University from Biosense Webster Inc. Dr. Nazarian is funded by the National Institutes of Health Career Development Grant K23HL089333.

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  1. Division of Cardiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 702 Rutland Avenue, Traylor 903, Baltimore, MD, 21287, USA

    Roy Beinart MD

  2. Ventricular Arrhythmia Ablation Service, Cardiac Electrophysiology, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Carnegie 592C, 600 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD, 21287, USA

    Saman Nazarian MD, PhD

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Beinart, R., Nazarian, S. (2014). Cardiac MR in Patients with Implantable Arrhythmia Devices. In: Saremi, F. (eds) Cardiac CT and MR for Adult Congenital Heart Disease. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8875-0_31

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