Key result
Radiological evaluation of pacemakers, ICDs, and VADs remains essential to verify proper placement and detect complications.
Provides a radiological overview of common and emerging cardiac devices and their complications.
Supports device assessment in routine care; leaves open standardized protocols for emerging devices.
This article familiarizes the reader with several different cardiac devices including pacemakers and implantable cardioverter defibrillators, intra-aortic balloon pumps, ventricular assist devices, valve replacements and repairs, shunt-occluding devices and passive constraint devices. Many cardiac devices are routinely encountered in clinical practice. Other devices are in the early stages of development, but circumstances suggest that they too will become commonly found. The radiologist must be familiar with these devices and their complications.
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DiPoce et al. (2014) conducted a review in Cardiac devices and complications. Cardiac devices was evaluated. Radiological evaluation of cardiac devices, including pacemakers, ICDs, and ventricular assist devices, is essential for identifying their proper placement and potential complications.
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