Electromagnetic interference by transcutaneous neuromuscular electrical stimulation in patients with bipolar sensing implantable cardioverter defibrillators: A pilot safety study

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 26, Issue 2 I, 2003, Pages 626-629

  Crevenna, Richard ^a   Stix, Günter ^a   Pleiner, Johannes ^a   Pezawas, Thomas ^a   Schmidinger, Herwig ^a   Quittan, Michael ^a   Wolzt, Michael ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic interference; ICD; Muscle stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENDURANCE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PAIN; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 12444283798     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2003.00104.x     Document Type: Article

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