Safety

Remote Alert Guidance

This resource outlines standardized workflows and smartphrase guidance for managing cardiac device alerts, including atrial and ventricular arrhythmias, ICD therapies, lead issues, and battery status. It supports consistent, efficient alert…

MRI Screening Assessment

This resource provides a standardized screening tool to support safe MRI imaging in patients with cardiovascular implantable electronic devices (CIEDs). It guides clinicians through key device, lead, and pacing dependency…

SOP SCD Risk Stratification/ICD-Indications

This SOP provides a concise, guideline-based framework for sudden cardiac death risk stratification and ICD indications across multiple cardiomyopathies, including ischemic and non-ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy, ARVC, HOCM, myotonic dystrophy, and…

A Systems-Based Quality Improvement Protocol: Preventing Lost-to-Follow-Up in Cardiac Device Patients

There is a need to establish a standardized process for identifying, contacting, and re-engaging cardiac device patients who have become inactive in remote monitoring or clinic follow-up, in order to…

Pacemaker Surgery Instructions

These outpatient surgical instructions are intended for patients undergoing a pacemaker implant, pacemaker generator replacement, or pacemaker lead revision. The document provides guidance on how to prepare for the procedure,…

Policy for Identification and Management of CIED Patients Undergoing Radiation Therapy

This policy outlines the management of patients with cardiovascular implantable electronic devices (CIEDs) undergoing radiotherapy treatment. It includes risk stratification flowcharts and example forms for documenting provider correspondence and CIED…

Clinical Manager, OPG H&V Device

This resource provides clear, easy-to-understand information for patients with pacemakers or implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs). It explains what to expect after device implantation, how to care for your incision, safety tips…

MRI Device Surveillance Guidelines

This document outlines a standardized protocol for safely performing MRI scans in patients with cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs), including both MRI-conditional and legacy systems. It details eligibility criteria, device-specific…

CIED MRI Policy

This resource outlines a standardized policy for safely performing MRI examinations in patients with legacy (non–MR conditional) or mixed cardiac implantable electronic device (CIED) systems. It defines patient eligibility criteria,…

Protocol for Implantable Cardiac Devices in the Setting of MRI

These documents describe an IRB-approved research study and clinical safety workflow that allows patients with pacemakers/ICDs (CIEDs) to undergo clinically indicated MRI with standardized monitoring, device programming, and follow-up, while…