In the choice of whether or not a device to be implanted should be MRI-compatible, some important medico-legal questions should be carefully considered: The patient's right to select his/her device in ...

(HealthDay News) — Patients with cardiovascular implantable electronic devices not designed to be magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-compatible can safely receive MRI, when a specific protocol is ...

ABBOTT PARK, Ill., Sept. 22, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Abbott (NYSE: ABT) today announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for magnetic resonance (MR)-conditional labeling for one of Abbott ...

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 ...

Abbott Laboratories' St. Jude Medical heart-device division will see an immediate boost in sales — and credibility with investors — following Wednesday's announcement that U.S. regulators have finally ...

Patients with pacemakers now may have a chance to undergo certain types of MRI scans, according to a Worcester Telegram & Gazette report. UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester, Mass., and Milford ...

Abbott announced that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the MRI-compatible Assurity MRI pacemaker, as well as the Tendril MRI pacing lead. Abbott announced that the Food and Drug ...

The FDA approved MRI-conditional labeling for Abbott’s tiny wireless pacemaker, making it the smallest and longest-lasting MRI-compatible device of its kind. The new labeling also applies to a pacing ...

A popular south side yoga instructor missed leading many classes over the past year. "We never realized how bad I really was and how sick I was," Robyn Collier said. Collier regularly attracts 50 ...

Boston Scientific announced that the FDA approved a subcutaneous implantable cardioverter defibrillator designed for compatibility with MRI, as well as granted MR-conditional labeling to previous ...

New MRI-compatible implantable systems are regularly being market released by the majority of manufacturers and technological progress will give safer leads and devices with better handling ...