Serious concern remains regarding the overall safety of scanning PM patients.
To determine the practice patterns regarding the performance of MRI in patients with PM among cardiologists and radiologists who practice in tertiary care facilities. Seventeen patients were scanned a total of eighteen times. A variety of unipolar, bipolar, single and dual chamber PM underwent MRI including models from CPI, Intermedics, Medtronic, Pacesetter, and Telectronic. One unmonitored PM patient died who was inadvertently scanned. These latter two patients were unharmed after the MRI was aborted.