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Purpose: To provide guidelines for the proper identification, assessment and monitoring of patients with cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs) and/or abandoned permanent pacemaker wires that require magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as part of the patient’s diagnostic evaluation.Background: There has been historical reluctance to conduct MRI in patients with cardiac implantable electronic devices. This has been related to early reports about the potential hazardous effects of MRI related to changes of pacing thresholds, inappropriate activation or inhibition of tachyarrhythmia therapies and thermal injury. However, these concerns are not well-supported in the considerable body of peer-reviewed literature that collectively shows that MRI may be safely performed in patients with CIEDs, when proper assessment and monitoring protocols are in place. For example, Martin et al PEVuZE5vdGU+PENpdGU+PEF1dGhvcj5NYXJ0aW48L0F1dGhvcj48WWVhcj4yMDA0PC9ZZWFyPjxS

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ADDIN EN.CITE.DATA (10). These risks include performing an alternative test that may introduce the risks of missing an important diagnosis or introducing potential harm (such as that of iodinated contrast in patients who are allergic to these agents) or who may have impaired renal function and are at risk of contrast agent induced renal failure. MRI may also be favored in patients requiring repeated scanning in which case cumulative ionizing radiation dose may play a factor in selecting MRI as an optimal diagnostic technique. The FDA has designated certain CIED systems to be MRI conditional. This means that when specific conditions of use are met, an MRI can be performed safely in a patient with such a system. Conditions of use include both the type of CIED hardware present (generator and leads), the type of MRI scan and scanning parameters, and a minimal time from implant to MR scan (usually 6 weeks). Any CIED that does not meet all of the conditions of use will then be regarded as an MR non-conditional system for that MR scan and thus follow the protocol below for MR non-conditional scans. Most CIEDs in use today are not MR conditional. The Department of Medical Imaging and Division of Cardiology at the Banner University Medical Group (Tucson Campus) has developed a policy for performing MRI in patients with CIEDs. This policy is based on recommendations approved by the BUMG-T Quality and Safety Committee, after consultation with members of the MRI Safety Committee and in conjunction with the Electrophysiology service in the Division of Cardiology, and is founded upon the extensive body of peer-reviewed data. PROTOCOLWhen a patient with a CIED requires an MRI (regardless of conditionality status) the following protocol should be followed:Scheduling/Pre-MRI protocols: Radiology scheduling will contact the pacer clinic with patient information/request for assessment. The CIED status will be evaluated by the pacemaker clinic and CIED physician to determine if the patient requires further in-clinic screening in a separate visit. Patients that do not require a separate pre-MRI screening will be those who have had a complete CIED evaluation with normal findings within the past 6 months, and who are not pacing dependent; these patients can be directly scheduled for their MR scan. However, the pacer clinic will write a note that the patient has been cleared for MRI, in order to communicate this assessment with Medical Imaging.Patients that do require a separate pre-MRI screening visit will be scheduled for an appointment:Outpatients that require a screening in-clinic visit: Radiology schedulers will facilitate scheduling the patient for the pacer clinic appointment prior to the MRI appointment, if deemed to be needed by the pacemaker clinic. Based upon the findings in the screening clinic visit, the patient can be scheduled for the MR scan if deemed to be suitable.Inpatients: Order for inpatient consultation should be placed with the pacer service by the ordering physician.Contact information: 694-7223, pager 7223A written assessment of the recommendations from the EP service should be accessible for medical imaging staff to review prior to MRI.Exam-Day Protocols/Monitoring (conditional AND non-conditional systems):These patients will only be scheduled in the hospital setting. Patients with non-conditional CIED systems will only be scheduled on a 1.5 Tesla MRI system. Scheduling should aim to be prior to 3pm to assure the pacemaker clinic staff is available for post exam device interrogation.For patients with a MRI non-conditional CIED, and who is pacing dependent, a physician with the skill to establish temporary transvenous pacing and a physician with the skill to direct CIED programming must be immediately available on the premises (in hospital, not in a procedure), and personnel with the skill to program the CIED (pacer technologist) must be in attendance in the MR control area.For patients with a MRI non-conditional CIED who is not pacing dependent, a physician with the ability to direct CIED programming must be immediately available on the premises. Outpatients: The MRI staff will notify the pacemaker clinic the day before the MRI appointment and again when the patient arrives at the MRI department.Inpatients: The MRI staff will notify the pacemaker clinic that day before the MRI appointment and again when the patient’s floor is called to send the patient to the MRI departmentConditional CIEDs: May be performed off hoursMay be performed at South Campus or University CampusCIED personnel (typically a device representative) must be available for the scan, but does NOT have to be in immediate physical attendance at the scanner.Must be monitored in the same fashion as patients with non-conditional CIEDs.When the patient arrives in the MRI department, the patient will be placed in one of the holding bays and will be placed on ECG monitoring and pulse oximetry. At this time, the radiologist on service will obtain and document informed consent from the patient. The consent must include a full explanation of the risks and benefits of the MRI.Before entering the MR exam room, the pacemaker staff will perform a pre-exam device evaluation with re-programming appropriate for the MRI scan in the holding area.The patient must be monitored continuously before and during the MRI by an ACLS certified Registered Nurse. The monitoring will include ECG, blood pressure, pulse rate and oxygen saturation. The ECG monitoring will continue after the completion of the MRI until the pacemaker staff member has completed the post procedure evaluation and re-programming of the CIED in the MR holding area.The MRI code cart and defibrillator will be immediately available throughout the procedure to address an adverse event.The MR Technologist and RN must maintain visual and voice contact with the patient throughout the procedure.The patient will be instructed on how to communicate with the MR Technologist and RN of any unusual sensations or chest pain. The MRI study will be terminated immediately if the patient complains of any unusual sensation or chest pain.Special Circumstances:Scanning immediately after device placement: MR scanning is permitted immediately after implantation of a lead or generator and will then follow the non-conditional protocol (regardless of FDA conditional labelling). Abandoned Leads, Fractured Leads and Epicardial Leads: There may be special circumstances where it may be of great benefit to the patient to undergo an MRI who has abandoned leads, fractured leads or epicardial leads. These cases must be evaluated individually by consultation between the CIED physician, the ordering physician and MR physician, and these studies will be approved by both the electrophysiology physician and the Director of MRI (or designee). All workflow protocols will proceed as outlined above if the patient is approved for scanning, including all monitoring protocols. CIED battery at end of life: These will be evaluated on a case by case basis to determine if they must first undergo generator change. References: ADDIN EN.REFLIST 1.Martin ET, Coman JA, Shellock FG, Pulling CC, Fair R, Jenkins K. Magnetic resonance imaging and cardiac pacemaker safety at 1.5-Tesla. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2004;43(7):1315-24.2.Sommer T, Naehle CP, Yang A, et al. Strategy for safe performance of extrathoracic magnetic resonance imaging at 1.5 tesla in the presence of cardiac pacemakers in non-pacemaker-dependent patients: a prospective study with 115 examinations. Circulation. 2006;114(12):1285-92.3.Nazarian S, Roguin A, Zviman MM, et al. Clinical utility and safety of a protocol for noncardiac and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging of patients with permanent pacemakers and implantable-cardioverter defibrillators at 1.5 tesla. Circulation. 2006;114(12):1277-84.4.Halshtok O, Goitein O, Abu Sham'a R, Granit H, Glikson M, Konen E. Pacemakers and magnetic resonance imaging: no longer an absolute contraindication when scanned correctly. The Israel Medical Association journal : IMAJ. 2010;12(7):391-5.5.Nazarian S, Hansford R, Roguin A, et al. A prospective evaluation of a protocol for magnetic resonance imaging of patients with implanted cardiac devices. Annals of internal medicine. 2011;155(7):415-24.6.Russo RJ, Costa HS, Silva PD, et al. Assessing the Risks Associated with MRI in Patients with a Pacemaker or Defibrillator. The New England journal of medicine. 2017;376(8):755-64.7.Indik JH, Gimbel JR, Abe H, et al. 2017 HRS expert consensus statement on magnetic resonance imaging and radiation exposure in patients with cardiovascular implantable electronic devices. Heart rhythm. 2017.8.Baikoussis NG, Apostolakis E, Papakonstantinou NA, Sarantitis I, Dougenis D. Safety of magnetic resonance imaging in patients with implanted cardiac prostheses and metallic cardiovascular electronic devices. The Annals of thoracic surgery. 2011;91(6):2006-11.9.Kalin R, Stanton MS. Current clinical issues for MRI scanning of pacemaker and defibrillator patients. Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE. 2005;28(4):326-8.10.Nazarian S, Reynolds MR, Ryan MP, Wolff SD, Mollenkopf SA, Turakhia MP. Utilization and likelihood of radiologic diagnostic imaging in patients with implantable cardiac defibrillators. Journal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI. 2016;43(1):115-27. ................
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