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Implantation of active-fixation leads is associated with a low incidence of clinically relevant cardiac perforation. Older and female patients have a higher risk of perforation as well as those patients receiving the ventricular lead in an apical position.

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MPP showed a further reduction in LV dyssynchrony compared with conventional biventricular pacing. Moreover, MPP resulted in an additional improvement in LVEF and in CI, and this was translated into a higher number of acute responders to CRT.

Our results suggest that cardiac MRI may be performed safely in appropriately selected patients with close monitoring during the scan without limitation of peak SAR level using several precautionary measures. Image artefacts were more frequent in ICD patients.