Interference by cellular phones with permanent implanted pacemakers: An update

Europace

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 363-369

  Hekmat, Khosro ^a   Salemink, B ^b   Lauterbach, G ^a   Schwinger, R H G ^a   Sudkamp M ^a   Weber, H J ^b   Mehlhorn, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b University of Applied Science   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cellular telephones; Feedthru filter; Interference; Pacemaker

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FILTER; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART PACING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TELECOMMUNICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELLULAR PHONE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROMAGNETICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 3142777038     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eupc.2004.03.010     Document Type: Article

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