Electrical interference from an abdominal muscle stimulator unit on an implantable cardioverter defibrillator: Report of two consecutive cases

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1292-1293

  Wayar, Luis ^a   Mont, Lluis ^a   Silva, Rose M F L ^a   Alvarenga, Nelson ^a   Fosch, Xavi ^a   Castro, Jesús ^a   Brugada, Josep ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; ICD; Interference

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CASE REPORT; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTRIC SHOCK; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC OBSTRUCTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; MALE; MUSCLE EXCITATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ADULT; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROMAGNETICS; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 0038066426     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2003.t01-1-00183.x     Document Type: Article

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