Friday, November 17, 2006
My local newspaper (the Baltimore Sun) had an article a few days ago entitled "Working on MRIs that are safe for pacemakers." Subhead: "Patients with heart implants may be able to undergo diagnostic scanning procedure."
The article was cautiously optimistic; a study of the first pacemaker designed to withstand MRIs is scheduled to start at the end of this year. However, the article doesn't say whether this study applies to ICDs, or just plain pacemakers, and it doesn't make it completely clear whether the difference between ICDs and plain pacemakers matters for these purposes.
MRIs are used, among other things, to detect cancers.
The article was cautiously optimistic; a study of the first pacemaker designed to withstand MRIs is scheduled to start at the end of this year. However, the article doesn't say whether this study applies to ICDs, or just plain pacemakers, and it doesn't make it completely clear whether the difference between ICDs and plain pacemakers matters for these purposes.
MRIs are used, among other things, to detect cancers.
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