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Clinical Utility of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Patients with Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators Presenting with Electrical Instability or Worsening Heart Failure Symptoms by Frank Lindemann; Sabrina Oebel; Ingo Paetsch; Arash Arya; Nikolaos Dagres; Sergio Richter; Borislav Dinov; Sebastian Hilbert; Susanne Loebe; Clara Stegmann; Michael Doering; Andreas Bollmann; Gerhard Hindricks; Cosima Jahnke is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
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## Background Data on the usefulness of cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging for clinical decision making in patients with an implanted cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) are scarce. The present study determined the impact of CMR imaging on diagnostic stratification and treatment decisions in ICD patients presenting with electrical instability or progressive heart failure symptoms. ## Methods 212 consecutive ICD patients underwent 1.5 T CMR combining diagnostic imaging modules tailored to the individual clinical indication (ventricular function assessment, myocardial tissue characterization, adenosine stress-perfusion, 3D-contrast-enhanced angiography); four CMR examinations (4/212, 2%) were excluded due to non-diagnostic CMR image quality. The resultant change in diagnosis or clinical management was determined in the overall population and compared between ICD patients for primary (115/208, 55%) or secondary prevention (93/208, 45%). Referral indication consisted of documented ventricular tachycardia, inadequate device therapy or progressive heart failure symptoms. ## Results Overall, CMR imaging data changed diagnosis in 40% (83/208) with a significant difference between
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- Author
- Frank Lindemann; Sabrina Oebel; Ingo Paetsch; Arash Arya; Nikolaos Dagres; Sergio Richter; Borislav Dinov; Sebastian Hilbert; Susanne Loebe; Clara Stegmann; Michael Doering; Andreas Bollmann; Gerhard Hindricks; Cosima Jahnke
- Publisher
- BioMed Central; Springer (Biomed Central Ltd.); New York NY: Marcel Dekker; New York N.Y.: Informa Healthcare; London: 2008-; Informa UK Limited; Springer Science and Business Media LLC; Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration Inc. (ISSN 1097-6647)
- Published
- 2020
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781296802004
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)