Patients with pacemakers now may have a chance to undergo certain types of MRI scans, according to a Worcester Telegram & Gazette report. UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester, Mass., and Milford ...

OAK BROOK, Ill. - MRI examinations can be performed safely in patients with non-MR compatible cardiac devices, including those who are pacemaker-dependent or have abandoned leads, according to a study ...

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Global Next Generation Pacemaker & ICD Market Analysis and Forecast (2017-2023) (Focus on Product, End User, and Competitive Landscape)" report ...

All new implants should be a fully MRI-compatible system. All new implants should at least be with MRI-compatible leads. No overwhelming need to implant an MRI-compatible device. Based on our daily ...

Heart patients face a big problem if they need an MRI, or magnetic resonance imaging, to deal with serious health problems like cancer: Standard pacemakers can't withstand an MRI scan. Heart patients ...

MRI results. Photo via Ivanhoe Newswire. For years, older model, so-called legacy pacemakers were not compatible with MRIs because the metal in the pacemakers caused the magnetic resonance imaging ...

WASHINGTON — Sometimes state-of-the-art medical technologies clash. More than 2 million Americans depend on pacemakers or defibrillators to keep their hearts beating right. But those lifesaving ...

In 1997, FDA published a draft document recommending that individuals with implanted pacemakers should not enter magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) procedure rooms or come within the 5-G line around the ...

Generally, pacemakers improve quality of life for individuals who have a condition causing bradycardia, or a slowed heart rate. However, because there is an electrical device implanted near your heart ...

"One of the issues with devices like defibrillators is that they are not compatible because they have metal that contains iron in it. This device does not contain iron material," Arteaga said of the ...