GM, Wondering if anyone has had an MRI and had cardiac wires clipped and left inside?
Fidel Martínez Ruiz Not in my case, I have metal staples in my sternum, but I didn't underwent MRI after surgery. It was ... Read more
Fidel Martínez Ruiz Not in my case, I have metal staples in my sternum, but I didn't underwent MRI after surgery. It was before. Anyway, as far as I know, titanium and surgical stain steel doesn't present disturbances in MRI.
Richard Munson Just don’t mess with the airport screener.
Yumiko Ishida I have wire ties and a clip for LAA closure. My valve also has some kind of tracer that is visible in ... Read more
Yumiko Ishida I have wire ties and a clip for LAA closure. My valve also has some kind of tracer that is visible in an x-ray. No problem when I got an MRI for my back.
Thomas Brusstar I had one of the two pacing leads left in my chest after surgery. One pulled out easily, the other d ... Read more
Thomas Brusstar I had one of the two pacing leads left in my chest after surgery. One pulled out easily, the other didn't. So they just clipped it and left it. (And they didn't even need to use them. Oh well.) But I think the lead is made of copper, which wouldn't react to an MRI. The MRI radiology people should have detailed data on acceptable power to use given the sternum wires, and they must have seen the pacing leads before also.
I am from: Stoneham, ME
