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Why is it unsafe for someone with a pacemaker to have an mri scan?
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Pacemaker: Magnetic field can turn off some pacemakers.
Answered 11/29/2012
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Most metals are bad: In the presence of the magnetic field of an mri, many metals will generate an electric current that can cause severe burns. This would include the metal leads of the pace maker. If you have metal in your body, some other imaging technology is used instead of mri.
Answered 9/30/2020
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