MR imaging can be performed safely in patients who have undergone cardiac surgery and have retained metallic material, including valve replacements and temporary epicardial pacing wires cut short at the skin. MR imaging of patients with pacemakers was not evaluated, and we recommend that pacemakers remain a contraindication to MR imaging.
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Hartnell et al. (1997) studied this question.