{"id":10399,"date":"2026-07-25T14:20:40","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T11:20:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/?p=10399"},"modified":"2026-07-25T14:20:40","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T11:20:40","slug":"mri-can-be-safely-performed-in-many-patients-with-pacemakers-and-defibrillators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/mri-can-be-safely-performed-in-many-patients-with-pacemakers-and-defibrillators\/","title":{"rendered":"MRI Can Be Safely Performed in Many Patients With Pacemakers and Defibrillators"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MRI Can Be Safely Performed in Many Patients With Pacemakers and Defibrillators<\/p>\n<p>* Many patients with pacemakers or implantable defibrillators (CIEDs) can safely undergo MRI, even when they have older (MRI-nonconditional) devices or abandoned leads, if proper precautions are followed.<br \/>\n* In this study, specialized electrophysiology nurse practitioners (EP NPs) evaluated the device, adjusted its settings when needed, and continuously monitored patients throughout the MRI.<br \/>\n* No clinically significant device problems, arrhythmias, or patient symptoms occurred during or immediately after the scans.<br \/>\n* Take-home message: Patients with cardiac implantable devices should not be denied MRI solely because of their device. Referral to an experienced center with a dedicated MRI\u2013CIED protocol can allow safe imaging in many cases.<\/p>\n<p>Source: Heart Rhythm O2. Published online June 9, 2026.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S2666501826002540\">https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S2666501826002540<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MRI Can Be Safely Performed in Many Patients With Pacemakers and Defibrillators * Many patients with pacemakers or implantable defibrillators (CIEDs) can safely undergo MRI, even when they have older (MRI-nonconditional) devices or abandoned leads, if proper precautions are followed. * In this study, specialized electrophysiology nurse practitioners (EP NPs) evaluated the device, adjusted its [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/145"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10399"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10399\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10400,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10399\/revisions\/10400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}