A Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scan is a painless medical examination using a strong magnetic field and radio waves to accurately explore the inside of the body and obtain images.

To obtain these images, an MRI scanner containing powerful magnets is used. You will be lying down on a bed that slides inside the MRI scanner during the MRI examination.

Please contact your cardiologist to verify whether your device allows you to safely undergo an MRI procedure.

You can safely undergo an MRI scan as long as you are implanted with a MicroPort CRM MR conditional pacing system. This system was designed, tested and approved for safe usage with MRI scanners.

An MRI procedure may potentially disturb the functioning of your cardiac device if you are not implanted with a MicroPort CRM MR conditional pacing system.

Please show your device ID card to your doctor, as this specifies the model of your implanted device and lead(s).

Before the scan, you will need to visit your cardiologist who will check if your implanted cardiac device is designed to be used in the MR environment and then he or she will program your device in an adapted MRI mode.

Your cardiologist will give you a device ID card and an MRI Approval Form which you will need to give to the radiologist. The radiologist may need to talk to your cardiologist before performing the MRI procedure.

Please be sure to bring your device ID card and the MRI Approval Form with you as these may be helpful to the radiologist.

During the MRI scan you will be lying down on a bed that slides inside the MRI scanner. You will be continuously monitored to ensure your safety.