Cellular phone interference testing of implantable cardiac defibrillators in vitro

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1709-1715

  Bassen, Howard I ^a,c   Moore, Hans J ^b   Ruggera, Paul S ^a  

^a Ctr Devices Radiological Hlth   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellular phone; Compatibility; Electromagnetic; EMC; Interference; Pacemaker

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; HEART FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; TELEPHONE;

DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; TELEPHONE;

EID: 0031719189     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1998.tb00268.x     Document Type: Article

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