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MRI Memo - Paper

MRI Memo

writing #3-MRI memo
January 16, 2014

TO: Emily Williams
RE: patients with pacemakers

Understandably, patients with the old pacemakers should not be allowed to have MRI scans, since we know that the MRI machine contains a very strong magnet. When people go into the machine, the hydrogen atoms in their body line up with the magnetic field. The machine applies a radio-frequency pulse, which is not harmful like the radiation used in X-rays and CT scans. That pulse knocks the hydrogen atoms out of alignment. After the pulse, the atoms realign and release a signal that's picked up by a receiver coil, which is like an antenna. A computer translates these signals into images. An MRI scan ...

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to the MRI to determine if the patient relies heavily on the pacemaker and that the device is in good working order. From what I have researched, there have been no clinically adverse events reported in other facilities.

As pacemaker technology becomes more complex, new challenges are presented and more complex modes of failure. There have been cases of arrhythmia caused by the "magnet mode" of the device. I believe that by taking every step to remain cautious about the safety of the patients, MRI scans for the new pacemaker will become a staple of the ...

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Added: 1/7/2015 02:41:19 PM
Submitted By: dnow84
Category: Health & Medicine
Type: Free Paper
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