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- Title
Safety of MRI in patients with retained cardiac leads.
- Authors
Nguyen, Bach T.; Bhusal, Bhumi; Rahsepar, Amir Ali; Fawcett, Kate; Lin, Stella; Marks, Daniel S.; Passman, Rod; Nieto, Donny; Niemzcura, Richard; Golestanirad, Laleh
- Abstract
Purpose: To evaluate the safety of MRI in patients with fragmented retained leads (FRLs) through numerical simulation and phantom experiments. Methods: Electromagnetic and thermal simulations were performed to determine the worst‐case RF heating of 10 patient‐derived FRL models during MRI at 1.5 T and 3 T and at imaging landmarks corresponding to head, chest, and abdomen. RF heating measurements were performed in phantoms implanted with reconstructed FRL models that produced highest heating in numerical simulations. The potential for unintended tissue stimulation was assessed through a conservative estimation of the electric field induced in the tissue due to gradient‐induced voltages developed along the length of FRLs. Results: In simulations under conservative approach, RF exposure at B1+ ≤ 2 µT generated cumulative equivalent minutes (CEM)43 < 40 at all imaging landmarks at both 1.5 T and 3 T, indicating no thermal damage for acquisition times (TAs) < 10 min. In experiments, the maximum temperature rise when FRLs were positioned at the location of maximum electric field exposure was measured to be 2.4°C at 3 T and 2.1°C at 1.5 T. Electric fields induced in the tissue due to gradient‐induced voltages remained below the threshold for cardiac tissue stimulation in all cases. Conclusions: Simulation and experimental results indicate that patients with FRLs can be scanned safely at both 1.5 T and 3 T with most clinical pulse sequences.
- Subjects
PATIENT safety; ELECTRIC fields; CARDIAC patients; CALORIMETRY
- Publication
Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 2022, Vol 87, Issue 5, p2464
- ISSN
0740-3194
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/mrm.29116