Radiation-Free Heart Catheterization Using MRI
Who is this study for? Patients undergoing cardiovascular catheterization
What treatments are being studied? MRI guided cardiac catheterization+Magnetic resonance imaging
Status: Active_not_recruiting
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Intervention Type: Device, Procedure
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY
Currently catheters used in heart catheterization procedures are guided throughout the heart chambers and blood vessels by pictures taken by x-rays. This technology exposes patients to radiation. With this study protocol the investigators will use MRI technology to take real-time pictures to navigate catheters throughout heart chambers. MRI uses electromagnetic energy; therefore, it does not expose participants to radiation energy.
Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Healthy Volunteers: f
View:
• Undergoing a medically necessary cardiovascular catheterization
Locations
United States
Washington, D.c.
Children's National Health System
Washington
Time Frame
Start Date: 2015-03
Completion Date: 2024-12
Participants
Target number of participants: 50
Treatments
Experimental: MRI guided cardiac catheterization
Magnetic resonance imaging will be used to guide cardiac catheterization procedures.
Authors
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Leads: Joshua Kanter