Inappropriate shock delivery due to interference between a washing machine and an implantable cardioverter defibrillator

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 255-256

  Kolb, Christof ^a,b   Schmieder, Sebastian ^a   Schmitt, Claus ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic interference; ICD; Inappropriate therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEVICE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MACHINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD ARTICLES; HUMANS; RADIATION; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 0036966082     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021345609629     Document Type: Article

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