Description
Peter F. Aziz, MD, FHRS, CEPS-P, of Cleveland Clinic Foundation, is joined by David Bradley, MD, FHRS, CEPS-P, of the University of Michigan and Henry Chubb, MA, MBBS, PhD, FHRS, CEPS-P of Stanford University, to discuss why the current guidelines do not support the use of MRIs in patients with epicardial or abandoned leads 2021 PACES guidelines, provide a 2b recommendation for MRIs in patients with abandoned, epicardial, or fractured leads.
Learning Objectives
- Evaluate the risk of adverse events among pediatric and ACHD patients undergoing MRI scans
Article Authors and Podcast Contributors
Article Authors
Lindsey Gakenheimer-Smith, MD Zhining Ou, MS Jinqiu Kuang, MS Jeremy P. Moore, MD, MS, FHRS Austin Burrows, BA Joshua Kovach, MD Brynn Dechert, RN, MSN, FHRS Cheyenne M. Beach, MD Mark Ayers, MD Reina Bianca Tan, MD Mina Mostafavifar, PA-C Douglas Y. Mah, MD, FHRS Tracy Marrs Conner, MD Susan Turpin, MSN, CPNP Kishor Avasarala, MD Maully J. Shah, MD, FHRS Gregory Webster, MD, MPH Jessica Posey, MSN, FNP-C, CCDS Susan P. Etheridge, MD, FHRS Edem Binka, MD Mary Niu, MD S. Yukiko Asaki, MD, FHRS Linda M. Lambert, APRN Thomas A. Pilcher, MD, FHRS
Podcast Contributors
Peter F. Aziz, MD, FHRS, CEPS-P, of Cleveland Clinic Foundation
David Bradley, MD, FHRS, CEPS-P, of the University of Michigan
Henry Chubb, MA, MBBS, PhD, FHRS, CEPS-P of Stanford University
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Host Disclosure(s):
P. Aziz: No relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.
Contributor Disclosure(s):
D. Bradley: No relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.
H. Chubb: No relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.
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S. Sailor: No relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.
S. Colbert: No relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.
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