Table 2.
Suggeted iCMR team members
| Cardiac catheterization team |
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- Interventional cardiologist with experience in congenital heart catheterization - Assistants (nurse practitioners, fellows, or additional physicians) - Catheterization laboratory nurses - Catheterization laboratory technologists |
| Cardiac MRI team |
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- Imaging specialist: CMR imaging trained pediatric cardiologist or radiologist - MRI technologists: At least one technologist to train in real-time image guidance protocols - MRI physicists - MRI nurse |
| Procedural clinical and administrative support team |
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- Pediatric cardiac anesthesia team with experience of patient care in the MRI-environment - MRI safety officer - Vendor representative - Cardiac catheterization and MRI administrative staff (for procedure scheduling) - Other services with potential interest in performing MRI-guided procedures (pediatric cardiac electrophysiology, interventional radiology, neurosurgery, and other surgical subspecialties) |
CMR, cardiac magnetic resonance; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging