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 ...

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 ...

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 published in ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has given Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) the go-ahead on a clinical trial to test its next generation of MRI pacemaker technology, the Minnesota company announced Monday.

MUNICH (Reuters) - A new pacemaker from U.S.medical devices group Medtronic Inc is safe to use in MRI scanners, according to initial safety and efficacy data unveiled on Sunday. The SureScan device is ...

Hospitals across the country have been cranking out news releases this week about patients who are among the first to receive a new MRI-safe pacemaker from Medtronic. But Medicare patients with the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The FDA approved pacemakers with automatic MRI field sensing functionality. This feature is designed to ...

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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 ...

Patients should inform doctors about pacemakers, surgeries, implants, pregnancy, kidney disease, allergies, hearing devices, ...

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 ...