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Table 1 Complications reported by MRI departments scanning patients with cardiac implantable electronic devices

From: Current provision for MRI scanning of patients with cardiac implantable electronic devices - a national survey of hospitals in England

Reported complications from hospitals offering MRI scanning to patients with cardiac implantable electronic devices

N (%)

None

82 (92%)

Minor Complications (e.g. Device parameters altered and re-programming required)

5 (6%)

Serious Complications (e.g. Arrhythmias, pacemaker malfunction requiring replacement)

1* (1%)

Not specified

1 (1%)

  1. * Reported complication in a patient with a non MR-conditional CIED