Patients with an ICD can safely resume work in industrial facilities following simple screening for electromagnetic interference

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1675-1678

  Gurevitz, Osnat ^a,d   Fogel, Richard I ^a   Herner, Mark E ^b   Sample, Ross ^b   Strickberger, Adam S ^c   Daoud, Emile G ^c   Morady, Fred ^c   Prystowsky, Eric N ^a  

^a Indiana Heart Institute   (United States)

^b Guidant/CPI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic interference; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Oversensing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MALE; SCREENING; SYNCOPE; TELEPHONE; WORK RESUMPTION;

ADULT; AGED; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0042200226     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2003.t01-1-00251.x     Document Type: Article

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