ISSUE @ A GLANCE Imaging, prevention, and rehabilitation

Cardiac imaging has made enormous progress over the last decades, particularly in the field of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)1,2 and computed tomography.3,4 Implanted electronic devices such as cardiac pacemakers or impantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) have long been considered a contraindication for MRI examinations due to the risk of complications and even deaths.5 A better under-standing of the underlying mechanisms responsible for such poten-tially life-threatening complications as well as technical advances have led to the development of devices that are MRI compatible. In a timely Clinical Review article entitled ‘Magnetic resonance imaging safety in pacemaker and implantable cardioverter defibrillator patients: how far have we come?’, Oliver Ritter from the University of Würzburg in Germany addresses this issue. Of note, with ‘MR-conditional ’ devices being the new standard of care,MRI in pacemaker and ICD patients has been adopted in clinica