Left-sided ICDs cause susceptibility artifacts in the anterior and apical left ventricle on CMR, highlighting the need for artifact reduction methodologies.
In contrast to patients with right-sided PM/ICD and left-sided PM, the anterior and apical left ventricle can be affected by susceptibility artifacts in patients with left-sided ICD. Artifact reduction methodologies will be necessary to improve the performance of CMR in patients with left sided ICD systems.
Sasaki et al. (Sat,) studied this question.