Induction ovens and electromagnetic interference: What is the risk for patients with implanted pacemakers?

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 26, Issue 7 I, 2003, Pages 1494-1497

  Rickli, Hans ^a   Facchini, Marco ^a   Brunner, Hanspeter ^b   Ammann, Peter ^a   Sagmeister, Markus ^a   Klaus, Georg ^c   Angehrn, Walter ^a   Luechinger, Roger ^d   Duru, Firat ^b  

^a CANTONAL HOSPITAL ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Maxwave   (Switzerland)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic interference; Induction oven; Pacemaker; Pacing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENERGY; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HEART PACING; HEART RATE; HEART RHYTHM; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MONITORING; PACEMAKER FAILURE; PARAMETER; PATIENT; SITTING;

EID: 0038270016     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2003.t01-1-00216.x     Document Type: Article

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