2007-01-25 23:40:49 · 3 answers · asked by Pammy 1 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Injuries
Please see the link below for guidelines as to what is safe in an MRI, and what isn't. Very good list. There are things that you absoluely can not go into the MRI with. Good rule of thumb: metal implants, NO. Plastic, YES. The MRI is a giant, powerful magnet, and has been known to dislodge deeply implanted objects, and pull out a surface type object. The doors that close b/4 the test are anti-magnetic. If not closed, it can suck in anything metal from outside of the room.
2007-01-25 23:45:29 · answer #1 · answered by St♥rmy Skye 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
MRI's have no adverse effect. They use one of 2 machines depending on the size of your husband and if he is claustrophobic. If they use the traditional machine, he will be placed on a table that will slide him into a tube and handed a pair of ear plugs due to the machine makes a lot of noise. Or the open MRI which is basically the same thing except the machine moves around and their is no tube to go in. MRI's take a deeper look into the body and allow 3D view of what ever they are looking at heart, brain back etc. Very Safe. I hope this gives you a better understanding. If you are in doubt due to the stint then ask his doctor or the tech that is preforming the MRI. Good luck to you and your husband.
2007-01-26 09:38:32 · answer #2 · answered by be happier own a pitbull 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
While the previous two answers definitely explain MRI well, they don't answer your question, so I will.
All current commercial cardiac stents are metal, but they are made of MRI safe alloys that aren't affected by the magnet. So your husband should be fine.
2007-01-28 20:31:02 · answer #3 · answered by tiredsurgeon 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋