[Cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging in patients with cardiac devices : Useful tool or just artifacts?]

Cardiac magnetic resonance tomography (CMR) in patients with implanted cardiac devices is a challenge. This is due to artifacts that can occur in the presence of metallic implants such as device leads and generators and can ultimately lead to impaired or non-diagnostic images. Preliminary studies indicate that by employing newly developed MRI sequences together with well-established sequences, these problems can be mitigated. To aid in daily routine, an adaptive imaging workflow has been proposed which allows for tailored image acquisition.