Brain magnetic resonance imaging examination in a patient with non-magnetic resonance conditional pacemaker

• Main Authors: Toshiko Nakai, MD, Toshiaki Sato, MD, Kyoko Soejima, MD, Yusuke Takamine, MD, Mitsuru Watanabe, MD, Kazutaka Kobayashi, MD, Hideki Oshima, MD, Chikashi Fukaya, MD, Yasuo Okumura, MD, Kimie Ohkubo, MD, Satoshi Kunimoto, MD, Ichiro Watanabe, MD, Atsuo Yoshino, MD, Atsushi Hirayama, MD
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2017-10-01
• Series: Journal of Arrhythmia
• Subjects: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); MR; Non-MR-conditional device; Safety
• Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1880427617300625
• ISSN: 1880-4276

Clinical dilemmas arise when patients with a non-magnetic resonance (MR) conditional pacemaker are required to undergo magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). We encountered a pacemaker patient with debilitating non-motor symptoms of Parkinson׳s disease, who required an MRI prior to deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgery. MRI was performed safely without adverse events despite the presence of a conventional pacemaker.