Vuorinen, Aino-Maija http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4686-3269
Lehmonen, Lauri
Karvonen, Jarkko
Holmström, Miia
Kivistö, Sari
Kaasalainen, Touko
Funding for this research was provided by:
Helsingin ja Uudenmaan Sairaanhoitopiiri
Ida Montinin Säätiö
Suomen Radiologiyhdistys
Article History
Received: 13 January 2022
Revised: 17 June 2022
Accepted: 24 July 2022
First Online: 27 August 2022
Declarations
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: The scientific guarantor of this publication is Touko Kaasalainen.
: The authors of this manuscript declare relationships with the following companies: Abbott (Jarkko Karvonen), Medtronic (Jarkko Karvonen).
: No complex statistical methods were necessary for this paper.
: Written informed consent was not required for this study because research based purely on documentation or registered materials does not need to be reviewed by the regional ethics committees and informed written consent is not required for research based on purely documentation.
: Institutional Review Board approval was obtained.
: Some study subjects or cohorts have been previously reported in <i>Vuorinen AM, Pakarinen S, Jaakkola I, Holmstrom M, Kivisto S, Kaasalainen T (2019) Clinical experience of magnetic resonance imaging in patients with cardiac pacing devices: unrestricted patient population. Acta Radiol 60:1414-1421.</i> One hundred twelve cardiac MRIs in were included in this previous publication and are also included in this study. However, our previous article concentrated on the general safety of MRI in patients with CIED and on the MRI safety protocol. This publication concentrates specifically on the CMR image quality and artefacts in CIED patients and adds valuable information in this field.
: • retrospective• observational• performed at one institution