Dr. Pamela K. Woodard discusses at the AHA Conference if patients who have an ICD can have an MRI, the types of ICDs for MRI scanning and the risks of MRI scanning patients with a CIED.

Visit the following links for more videos from the 2016 AHA Symposium:

Part 1: When to Put on the Vest and When to Take it Off? Appropriate Use of Wearable Defibrillators

Part 2: Where Did the Leads Go? When is Subcutaneous ICD the Right Choice?

Part 4: Do the Genes Fit? When to Order Genetic Testing?

Part 5: Too Soon? Too Late? When to Refer for Catheter Ablation?

Part 6: Treating VT like Cancer: Entirely Noninvasive Cardiac Mapping and Ablation

Part 7: Empowering our Youth: How Teaching CPR in Schools Creates a Generation of First-Responders (and Saves Lives!)

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Pamela Woodard, MD, FAHA, FACR

Professor, Radiology and Biomedical Engineering
Vice Chair, Clinical and Translational Research
Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology
Washington University School of Medicine

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