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 ...

Pacemakers are life saving, but they can also prevent you from getting a crucial MRI scan when you need it. But now manufacturers are making models that are more MRI friendly. For Joyce Schwartz an ...

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 ...

Now, a new type of MRI-safe cardiac pacemaker is on the market, and 2 local men are among the first to get it. They received the new SureScan pacing system during nearly simultaneous procedures at ...

February 9, 2011 (Silver Spring, Maryland) — The FDA approved the first pacemaker specifically designed to be safe with magnetic resonance imaging scans [1]. Following the unanimous advice of its ...

"MRI scans have become the cornerstone of imaging for virtually every part of the body," said Dr. Marc Silver, a cardiologist. For people with a traditional pacemaker, MRIs are off limits. An MRI's ...

Now doctors think they have solved the problem with a new pacemaker called the MRI SureScan. Liz Hogan was on her way to work when her life changed. "She forgot where she was going. The only thing she ...

(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 ...