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Radiation-Free Heart Catheterization Using MRI

Radiation-Free Heart Catheterization Using MRI

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT02739087
Enrollment
50
Registered
2016-04-14
Start date
2015-03-31
Completion date
2024-12-31
Last updated
2024-02-06

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Aortic Coarctation, Aortic Stenosis, Atrial Septal Defect, Cardiomyopathy, Patent Ductus Arteriosus, Post Heart Transplant Catheter Procedure

Keywords

radiation free cardiac catheterization

Brief 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.

Detailed description

Participants undergo general anesthesia, and vascular access is obtained in the x-ray catheterization lab. Next the participant is transferred into the MRI scanner where a focused MRI examination is performed. Catheters are then guided into the heart chambers using real-time MRI guidance to perform conventional cardiac catheterization steps. If time allows, additional research MRI is performed before the participant is returned to the x-ray catheterization lab. If any MRI guided catheterization steps are unsuccessful, the clinically indicated step is performed after the participant returns to the x-ray catheterization lab using conventional x-ray guided pictures.

Interventions

PROCEDUREMRI guided cardiac catheterization

Magnetic resonance imaging will be used to guide cardiac catheterization procedures whenever possible to avoid or minimize x-ray radiation exposure.

DEVICEMagnetic resonance imaging

Sponsors

Joshua Kanter
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Undergoing a medically necessary cardiovascular catheterization

Exclusion criteria

* Cardiovascular instability including hemodynamic instability (such as requiring significant vasoactive infusion support) or mechanical hemodynamic support. * Women who are pregnant * Women who are nursing and who do not plan to discard breast milk for 24 hours * Patients with a contraindication to MRI scanning will be excluded. These contraindications include patients with the following devices: 1. Central nervous system aneurysm clips 2. Implanted neural stimulator 3. Implanted cardiac pacemaker or defibrillator which are not MR safe or MR conditional according to the manufacturer 4. Cochlear implant 5. Ocular foreign body (e.g. metal shavings) 6. Implanted Insulin pump 7. Metal shrapnel or bullet

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Test the feasibility of navigating catheters into right heart structures using real-time MRIAt the end of each catheterization procedure through study completion,up to 5 years.Heart catheterization usually uses X-ray guidance. Using commercially available MRI-compatible catheters, the right heart catheterization procedure will be done using real-time magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). MRI guidance does not use X-ray radiation.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Number of participants whose MRI cardiac catheterization procedure was prematurely terminatedAt the end of each catheterization procedure through study completion,up to 5 yearsPremature termination will occur under the following circumstances: * Hemodynamic or other clinical instability * Technical failure of catheter procedure such as being unable to navigate the catheters to the heart chamber * Equipment malfunction * Any other circumstance that in the opinion of the Principal Investigator poses hazard to the research subject
Measurement of radiation exposureEnd of study, 5 years.Comparison of radiation exposure in this cohort of subjects to historical controls undergoing matched invasive cardiology procedure at CNMC.

Countries

United States

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Mar 9, 2026