DEVELOPMENT OF AN MRI-COMPATIBLE CATHETER FOR PACING THE HEART - INITIAL IN-VITRO AND IN-VIVO RESULTS

Authors
JERZEWSKI A PATTYNAMA PMT STEENDIJK P DOORNBOS J DEROOS A BAAN J
Citation
A. Jerzewski et al., DEVELOPMENT OF AN MRI-COMPATIBLE CATHETER FOR PACING THE HEART - INITIAL IN-VITRO AND IN-VIVO RESULTS, Journal of magnetic resonance imaging, 6(6), 1996, pp. 948-949
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
Journal of magnetic resonance imaging → ACNP
ISSN journal
10531807
Volume
6
Issue
6
Year of publication
1996
Pages
948 - 949
Database
ISI
SICI code
1053-1807(1996)6:6<948:DOAMCF>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
An MRI-compatible catheter was developed for pacing the heart during M RI imaging, The device was tested in vitro and in vivo in 10 animal ex periments, using spin-echo, gradient-echo, and echo-planar MRI sequenc es. Images were of good quality in all sequences. Pacing was effective without induced arrhythmias. Therefore, pacing the heart during MRI i s feasible and seems to be safe when using dedicated hardware.