Cardiac mri is useful in icd patients undergoing ablation for ventricular tachycardia
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Introduction Catheter ablation is used to control ventricular arrhythmias (VT/VF) in a multitude of substrates. MR can delineate regions of scar and may guide ablation procedures, however the presence of an ICD has been an issue both for safety and MR image quality. Recent studies have demonstrated acceptable safety for scanning of device patients in certain circumstances, but efficacy has not been evaluated.
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دوره 13 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2011