MRI Safety for Patients Implanted With the MRI Ready ICD System: MRI Ready Study Results

MRI Ready Investigators, S. Nazarian, Daniel J. Cantillon, Pamela K. Woodard, Theofanie Mela, Adam M. Cline, Adam S. Strickberger

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Abstract

Objectives: A prospective, multicenter study was performed to assess the safety and efficacy of the Durata and Optisure HV leads and the Ellipse VR implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) (St. Jude Medical, Sylmar, California) in a 1.5-T magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) environment. The primary safety objective was >90% freedom from MRI scan-related complications. The primary efficacy objectives were absence of change in capture threshold and absence of decrease of sensing amplitude from pre-MRI examination to 1 month after MRI. Background: MRI scanning of patients has been shown to be safe in patients with magnetic resonance-conditional implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICD) systems. Methods: Patients with a previously implanted magnetic resonance-conditional system underwent a nondiagnostic MRI scan. After the scan, a questionnaire was given to investigators and patients who returned for 1-month follow-up examination. A subset of patients underwent ventricular tachyarrhythmia or ventricular fibrillation (VT/VF) induction testing after the MRI to evaluate defibrillation function. Results: There were 220 patients (81% male; 62.1 ± 11.2 years of age) enrolled who received an MRI scans from 29 centers. All primary safety and efficacy endpoints were met (p < 0.0001). No significant detection delays were found in 34 patients who had VT/VF episodes after the MRI scan was performed. Most physicians reported easy and acceptable programming and ease of MRI scheduling. Conclusions: The MRI Ready MRI-conditional ICD system is safe, and electrical performance was not affected in patients receiving a 1.5-T whole-body MRI scan. Investigators reported favorable collaboration between cardiologists and radiologists in the MRI Ready IDE clinical trial.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)935-943
Number of pages9
JournalJACC: Clinical Electrophysiology
Volume5
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2019

Keywords

  • ICD system
  • MRI Ready IDE Study
  • Post MRI induction testing
  • implantable cardioverter-defibrillator
  • magnetic resonance imaging

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