Potential interference of small neodymium magnets with cardiac pacemakers and implantable cardioverter-defibrillators

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-4

  Wolber, Thomas ^a   Ryf, Salome ^b,c   Binggeli, Christian ^a   Holzmeister, Johannes ^a   Brunckhorst, Corinna ^a   Luechinger, Roger ^b   Duru, Firat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c FEDERAL OFFICE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic interference; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Magnet; Neodymium; Pacemaker

Indexed keywords

BORON; IRON; NEODYMIUM;

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MAGNETISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYMPTOM;

AGED; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MALE; NEODYMIUM; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 33845733288     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2006.09.012     Document Type: Article

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