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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Biotronik is looking to get the FDA's approval for a line of MRI-safe pacemakers--courtesy of Biotronik The FDA approved a clinical trial of Biotronik's proMRI pacemaker, a device designed to operate ...

(Reuters) - Evidence is mounting that MRI scans may be safe for people with pacemakers or implanted defibrillators, according to the latest study on the issue that appeared in the American Journal of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 implants come with ...