Status:

UNKNOWN

Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators And Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Heart at 1.5 Tesla

Lead Sponsor:

University Hospital, Bonn

Conditions:

Defibrillators, Implantable

Heart Failure, Congestive

Eligibility:

All Genders

Brief Summary

To evaluate short-term and long-term effects by MR imaging on the technical and functional status of implantable cardioverter defibrillators.

Detailed Description

The presence of an implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICD) is currently considered an absolute contraindication to MR imaging, and most patients with PM are excluded from having MRI. As a result...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator
  • congestive heart failure
  • informed consent

Exclusion

  • Non-MRI-compatible implants

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

July 1 2006

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

End Date :

Estimated Enrollment :

25 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00356239

Start Date

July 1 2006

Last Update

April 11 2007

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University of Bonn, Department of Cardiology

Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, 53127