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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Jun 27.
Published in final edited form as: Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2020 Jul 6;43(8):797–804. doi: 10.1111/pace.13984

Table 2:

Summary of CIED characteristics

All <18 years of age Epicardial leads Abandoned endocardial leads Abandoned epicardial leads

MRIs 54 23 20 10 8

CIED type
 Pacemaker 43 (80) 19 (83) 19 (95) 6 (60) 6 (75)
 ICD 7 (13) 3 (13) 1 (5) 2 (20) 0 (0)
 No CIED* 4 (7) 1 (4) 0 (0) 2 (20) 2 (25)

CIED age at MRI, yrs 4.0 [2.3–6.0] 4.0 [3.0–6.0] 4.0 [2.0–6.3] 4.0 [3.3–5.0] 3.5 [2.3–4.0]

CIED lead age at MRI, yrs 6.0 [4.0–9.0] 6.0 [4.0–7.0] 6.0 [4.3–8.8] 5.0 [4.8–6.8] 8.0 [4.0–10.0]

CIED generator body position
 Left chest 26 (48) 11 (48) 4 (20) 2 (20) 3 (38)
 Left abdomen 15 (28) 11 (48) 15 (75) 0 (0) 3 (38)
 Right chest 8 (15) 0 (0) 1 (5) 6 (60) 0 (0)
 Unknown 1 (2) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)

Pacing dependent 14 (26) 7 (30) 9 (45) 0 (0) 3 (38)

MRIs with epicardial leads 20 (37)
19 patients
14 (61)
13 patients
20 (100)
19 patients
0 (0) 4 (50)
4 patients

MRIs with abandoned leads 18 (33)
12 patients
5 (22)
5 patients
4 (20)
4 patients
10 (100)
5 patients
8 (100)
7 patients
 Endocardial 10 (19)
5 patients
1 (4)
1 patient
0 (0) 10 (100)
5 patients
0 (0)
 Epicardial 8 (15)
7 patients
4 (17)
4 patients
4 (20)
4 patients
0 (0) 8 (100)
7 patients

MRI conditional CIED generator 14 (26) 3 (13) 2 (10) 4 (40) 3 (38)

MRI conditional system 10 (19) 2 (9) 0 (0) 4 (40) 0 (0)

Values are N, N (%), or median [IQR] unless otherwise indicated.

*

Patients with abandoned leads but no CIED.

CIED indicates cardiac implantable electronic device; N, number; IQR, interquartile range.