Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology
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Increasing need for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has driven the development of MR-conditional cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs; pacemakers and defibrillators); however, patients still report difficulties obtaining scans. We sought to establish current provision for MRI scanning of patients with CIEDs in England. ⋯ Provision of MRI for patients with CIEDs is currently poor, despite increasing numbers of patients with MR-conditional devices and extremely low reported complication rates.
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Oesophageal probes to monitor luminal oesophageal temperature (LET) during atrial fibrillation (AF) catheter ablation have been proposed, but their effects remain unclear. Aim of this study is to evaluate the effects of an oesophageal temperature probe with insulated thermocouples. ⋯ According to these preliminary results, the use of oesophageal temperature probes with insulated thermocouples seems to be feasible in patients undergoing AF RF catheter ablation. The incidence of post-procedural EDEL when using a cut-off of 39°C is comparable to the incidence of EDEL without using a temperature probe.