1. An operational approach to the execution of MR examinations in patients with CIED.
- Author
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Guerrini L, Mazzocchi S, Giomi A, Milli M, and Carpi R
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- Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Ankle Joint diagnostic imaging, Brain diagnostic imaging, Equipment Safety, Europe, Humans, Informed Consent, Italy, Legislation, Medical, Magnetic Resonance Imaging statistics & numerical data, Middle Aged, Models, Organizational, Pelvis diagnostic imaging, Risk Assessment, Spine diagnostic imaging, Thigh diagnostic imaging, Abdomen diagnostic imaging, Defibrillators, Implantable, Electrodes, Implanted, Magnetic Resonance Imaging methods, Pacemaker, Artificial
- Abstract
In the context of the increasing spread of cardiac active implantable heart devices (CIEDs) in the population and of the wide diagnostic/therapeutic utility of magnetic resonance (MRI) examinations, the goal of this paper is to provide the experience of the Santa Maria Nuova Hospital of the USL Tuscany Center in Florence and to report an organizational proposal to perform, in the hospital settings, MRI examinations on patients carrying CIED. This report is intended to show the operational choices of a Radiology Department which organizes this activity in accordance with the new Italian regulatory framework in the field of safety of MR sites (Ministero della Salute in Decreto Ministeriale 10 agosto 2018 Determinazione degli standard di sicurezza e impiego per le apparecchiature a risonanza magnetica, 2018).
- Published
- 2020
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