Abstract
the presence of temporary epicardial pacemaker wires before MR imaging. Routinely, two temporary epicardial pacemaker wires are placed in patients after cardiac surgery so that direct electric stimulation of the heart can be performed, if necessary. Although in most patients these wires are removed after 4-5 days, in a small percentage of patients the wires are cut or break at the skin, leaving wire fragments in place that extend from the chest wall to the epicardium. These persistent internal wires, which are easily identified on chest radio-
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