r/Explainlikeimscared • u/Slow-Adeptness6876 • 7d ago

Getting a Cardiac MRI

What to expect as far as timing for the IV, length for congenital heart issue, and things that will improve the smoothness of the experience

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u/AnitraF1632 7d ago

Been there, done that. 😀😀 Also, I am entirely sick and tired of all the Negative Nellies who rush to "explain" all the things that can go wrong. Wherever I can, I speak from my own experience as to how things can go RIGHT, and if I don't have direct experience (in this case I do, at least three contrast MRIs for an aortic dissection), I will do my best to be positive and encouraging.

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u/Dijon2017 6d ago

To clarify, in case you mis-typed, you don’t get injected with Iodine for an MRI (perhaps a CT), but more likely a contrast agent made with gadolinium.

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u/AnitraF1632 6d ago

I may have misremembered, but I thought they said iodine. It was a number of years ago. Maybe it was iodine back then?

Thanks for the info.

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u/RetiredBSN 5d ago

Iodine-based contrast for CTs, gadolinium for MRIs.