Ask the doctor: Pacemakers and MRI scans
I have a pacemaker and was told to never have an MRI scan. Is there any way around that?MRI can be incompatible with pacemakers for two reasons. An MRI scan exposes you to a powerful magnetic field, which can cause some pacemakers to malfunction. Also, the magnetic fields can heat the pacemaker wires, which then burn the area around them in the body.
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