Protocols ensure MRI safety for cardiac device patients

If a patient with an implanted cardiac device is referred for an MRI scan, can you scan him or her safely? Yes, even if the device is not one of the newer MRI-conditional devices, say cardiologists from Johns Hopkins University in a study published October 4 in Annals of Internal Medicine.

MR imaging of patients with cardiac devices has been generating growing interest since February, when the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared the first pacemaker that is conditional for use in an MRI environment (Revo MRI SureScan, Medtronic).

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