(Reuters Health) - There's good news for people with pacemakers and the doctors who treat them. A new study reinforces earlier work suggesting that MRI scans are safe for patients with older devices, ...

Nurse practitioner-led cardiac implantable electronic device management enables MRI without clinically significant lead parameter changes, arrhythmias, or patient-reported symptoms, a study reports.

A small study adds to mounting evidence that MRI scans may be safe for people with pacemakers or implanted defibrillators. Manufacturers currently warn against putting the devices into MRI scanners, ...

April 19, 2005 — A growing body of evidence suggests that magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) may be safe for selected patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) and pacemakers; however ...

A medical professional explains safety risks around MRI machines and highlights behaviors that should be avoided in medical ...

DALLAS (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 devices to fail, ...

A 32-year-old man died after being sucked into the MRI machine at the Nair Hospital on Saturday evening. Following which, the Agripada police have arrested the resident doctor and the ward boy who ...

Medtronic said Monday that it has been cleared to market a heart defibrillator implant that can be safely used in an MRI scanner. Medtronic's Evera MRI SureScan is designated "MR conditional," which ...

MRI machines come with a variety of safety warnings. Perhaps most importantly, you have to be very careful not to take ferrous metal objects anywhere near them, since strong magnetic fields can send ...