CMRI in a patient with left-sided cardiac defibrillator: Reducing artifact with fast gradient echo sequencing
Sidharth Addepalli, BS; Nika Samadzadeh Tabrizi, MD*; Thomas Fabian, MD; Stacey Langford, MD
Myocardial viability is primarily evaluated with cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging (cMRI); however, patient Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators (ICDs) have been shown to increase image artefact and reduce diagnostic viability. A 65-year-old man with ischemic cardiomyopathy, coronary artery disease and an ICD presented with a chief complaint of chest pain and dyspnea.