As pacemaker technology becomes more complex and sophisticated, new systems present new challenges and more complex modes of failure. The risk of lead failure probably is higher than the risk of ...

MRIs show incredible detail and help doctors diagnose medical issues that were invisible years ago, but people with pacemakers couldn’t undergo MRIs until now. A medical breakthrough makes MRIs safe ...

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 ...

(Reuters Health) - There's good news for people with pacemakers and the doctors who treat them. A new study reinforces earlier work suggesting that MRI scans are safe for patients with older devices, ...

St. Jude Medical, Inc., a global medical device company, has received approval from the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) to launch the Accent MRI Pacemaker and the Tendril MRI ...

Now Offering Both 1.5 and 3 Tesla Indications for MR-Conditional ICMs, Pacemakers, ICDs and CRT-Ds "The ability to provide CRT-D patients with access to MRI scans is a significant, necessary ...

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 ...

The FDA approved Biotronik’s MR-conditional cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) pacemaker, making it the smallest such device available in the U.S. Heart failure refers to a group of symptoms in ...

The Entovis system presents advantages over existing pacemakers approved as MR conditional. Patients with approved Entovis pacemakers and leads need only alert radiology staff of their device and the ...

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.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . No long-term clinically significant adverse events were associated with MRI use in patients with legacy ...

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 ...