
Safety: UNSAFE
Bottom line: Do NOT perform MRI
Abandoned Intravascular Pacer and ICD Leads
Safety: Unsafe
Risks: Thermal, burn
Conditions: None
Comments:
- No pulse generator attached, ONLY abandoned leads. Abandoned intravascular pacer and ICD leads, even if from MRI conditional pacing systems, are MRI unsafe.
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Bottom line: Do NOT perform MRI