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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

One of the most vexing dilemmas for patients with pacemakers is that an MRI scan may prevent the device from pacing the heart. But on Monday, Fridley-based Medtronic Inc. announced that it has ...

ST. PAUL, Minn., St. Jude Medical, Inc., a global medical device company, today announced that it has received European CE Mark approval for its Accent MRI(TM) pacemaker and Tendril MRI(TM) lead. The ...

Single-chamber Devices Receive CE Mark for Full Body MRI Scans Without Positioning Restrictions MINNEAPOLIS - Medtronic, Inc., today announced CE (Conformité Européenne) Mark and commercial launch of ...

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 ...

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.

The Food and Drug Administration Tuesday approved the first pacemaker that is specifically designed for use in a magnetic resonance imaging environment. The powerful magnetic field that MRIs create ...

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 ...

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 ...