Sat 31 st Aug 2013
Session 2 / Talk 5
11:40 – 12:00
HEAPHY 1 & 2
PLENARY
Murray ARMSTRONG
Next MRI USER GROUP (MRUG) will be in March 2014 in Auckland
Theme ‘CHEST’
This will include a workshop on MR Compatible Pacemakers

Safe
WORKSHOP
These are a reality now

Medtronic EnRhythm MRI
SureScan pacing system
“A Waikato woman has become the first person in
New Zealand to be fitted with a pacemaker developed for use in magnetic resonance imaging
(MRI) machines .”
Akuhata, K

Medtronic EnRhythm MRI
SureScan pacing system
20-May-2009
4.3 years ago

SINCE THEN
BIOTRONIC
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC
MEDTRONIC
ST JUDES
PRO MRI
INGENIO & ADVANTIO
ADVISA, REVO & SURESCAN
ACCENT

ALSO
Implantable Cardiac Defibrillators
ICD
Biotronic

IN HAMILTON
Stephen BUTLER – Midland MRI
Anne BAYLEY – Medimaging

LOTS OF PAPERS
Including the usual weigh-in by
Kanal and Shellock

EXCLUSION ZONE DIAGRAMS
All slightly different

INFORMATION REQUIRED
Pre and Post scan checklists by the supplying companies
Covering the Cardiology and Radiology
Departments

SCANNER INFORMATION
Maximum of 1.5T
Parameters – ‘Normal’ SAR rate, Slew rates,
Spatial gradients, etc
Protocols – Bandwidths, NEX, TR, etc

SAFETY APPROVED
CE
FDA x

UPSHOT
Each department ‘doing it’s own thing’
There is standardization within Hamilton as we are dealing with the same cardiology staff
However their MRI knowledge is ‘zero’

PROPOSE
MRI Compatible Pacemaker and ICD
Workshop at the next MRUG
Involving Pacemaker ICD suppliers and MRI manufacturers – if possible
Gaenor Bell at Biotronic has been very helpful

THANK YOU

Seen in the Daily Mail
26-Aug-2013

GE provided the CT scanner to
New York-Presbyterian Morgan
Stanley Children's Hospital

Daily Mail Reporter

Ideal patients?
10-Jan-2013

TV quest draws the gifted and colourful

TV quest draws the gifted and colourful
"Wow, look at your long nails, your bracelets" says executive producer Bettina Hollings

TV quest draws the gifted and colourful
"Wow, look at your long nails, your bracelets" says executive producer Bettina Hollings
"I never take them off“ replies the singer
Thompson , W

Lynnette Karam-Whalley of Te Awamutu
Bowker, G

References
Akuhata, Karla. (May 20, 2009). First for NZ as pacemaker enables safe scans . Waikato Times p. A8. Hamilton, NZ
Bowker, G (10-Jun-2013). TV quest draws the gifted and colourful. The New Zealand Herald, p. A4. Retrieved 14-Jun-13 from http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/image.cfm?c_id=2&gal_cid=1501140&gallery_id=133394#11430784
Daily Mail Reporter (25-Aug-2013) . Scan up me hearties, yo ho! Children's hospital installs pirate-themed CT-scanner to make medical test a little less scary. Retrieved 14-Jun-13 from http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2401817/Scanhearties-yo-ho-Childrens-hospital-installs-pirate-themed-CT-scanner-make-medical-test-little-scary.html
Thompson , W (10-Jun-2013). TV quest draws the gifted and colourful. The New Zealand Herald, p. A4. Retrieved 14-Jun-13 from http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10889487