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    Safe Scanning, but Frequent Artifacts Mimicking Bradycardia and Tachycardia During Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) in Patients with an Implantable Loop Recorder (ILR) (2005)
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    Annals of noninvasive electrocardiology 10 (2005), S. 0 
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    ISSN: 1542-474X
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Background: Patients with implantable devices are generally not permitted to undergo magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) because of potentially deleterious interactions. Little has been reported regarding the safety and effects of MRI scanning of patients with implantable loop recorders (ILRs). We evaluated the safety of scanning patients with ILRs and the output of the ILR after undergoing MRI. Methods: Ten patients underwent 11 MRI scanning events. All patients had Reveal Plus (Medtronic, Minneapolis, MN) ILRs. Seven cranial, two lumbar-spine, one shoulder, and one knee MRI were performed. All of the MRIs were performed with the understanding that the patient had an ILR. In each patient, the ILR was cleared moments before the scan and the integrity of the signal and time date stamp were verified. The devices were reinterrogated immediately after MRI in 10 patients and two days post MR scanning in one patient. Each patient was questioned post MRI regarding any symptoms experienced during the scan. Results: Both tachy and bradyarrhythmias appeared as artifacts as a result of ILR exposure to MRI. Post MRI, none of the ILRs showed diminished signal integrity, altered programmed parameters, diminished battery status, inability to communicate or be reprogrammed. No sensations of tugging or warmth at the implant site were noted. Conclusion: MRI was performed in ILR patients without harm to the patient or permanent damage to the ILR. MRI scanning of the Reveal appears safe. Artifact mimicking an arrhythmia was common, however, and must be excluded in any ILR patient undergoing MRI to avoid mistakenly attributing a syncopal episode, or palpitations to the artifacts produced from MRI exposure.
    Type of Medium: Electronic Resource
    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1542-474X.2005.00056.x
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    Increased Propensity of Women to Develop Torsades de Pointes During Complete Heart Block (1995)
    Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd
    Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology 6 (1995), S. 0 
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    ISSN: 1540-8167
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: TdP and Complete Heart Block. Introduction: To determine whether an increased female gender susceptibility to torsades de pointes (TdP) may exist in a clinical model of bradycardia- induced long QT syndrome, we investigated reported cases of TdP associated with acquired complete heart block. Methods and Results: Seventy-two cases reported in the medical literature dating from 1941 through 1993 were identified, all describing TdP or “transient ventricular tachycardia/fibrillation” (to include those cases reported prior to the use of TdP terminology) in the setting of acquired complete heart block unassociated with QT prolonging drugs. Expected female prevalence in complete heart block was estimated at 52%, based on projections derived from 206,016 hospital discharges in the National Inpatient Profile (Commission on Professional and Hospital Activities, Ann Arbor, MI), over the years 1985 through 1992. During complete heart block, mean heart rate was 37 beats/min in both sexes (combined n = 43), and absolute QT interval ranged from 0.52 to 0.88 seconds, with a mean of 0.68 seconds (n = 25). Female prevalence among patients with TdP during complete heart block was greater than expected: 72% for all studied cases (P 〈 0.001); 70% (P 〈 0.04) and 74% (P 〈 0.02) among those reported prior to (n = 35) and during or alter (n = 37) 1980, respectively; 73% (P 〈 0.03) among those with documented normokalemia (n = 26); and 68% (P = 0.2) among those with a prolonged QT interval and known polymorphic VT (i.e., unequivocal TdP; n = 25). Conclusion: Despite inherent limitations of this retrospective study, the data are consistent in suggesting a greater than expected female prevalence among patients with TdP related to complete heart block. This finding lends support to a broadening concept of increased susceptibility of women to the development of TdP in various settings of QT prolongation.
    Type of Medium: Electronic Resource
    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-8167.1995.tb00380.x
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