Abstract

UPDATES ON CARDIAC DEVICES: MRI CONDITIONAL CARDIAC IMPLANTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES (CIEDS)

Shital Sharad Panchal*

Abstract

It is imperative to monitor patients with the Implantable Electronic Devices viz. cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs) comprising of pacemaker, Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) and cardiac resynchronization device. Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is the one of the approved techniques, may be required for such watch over at any point of life. Though CIEDs exhibit incompatible interference interactions during the MRI scan, changes in the devices are required to fabricate the compatible implantable devices. Currently in the field of cardiac implants, the MRI-conditional devices has shown great advancement ,which allow these devices being compatible with MRI imaging procedures and let the patients have the benefits of one of the important imaging technique MRI, provided that proper precautions are taken during the time of imaging.

Keywords: CIEDs, MRI, ICDs.