Risk of cellular phone interference with an implantable loop recorder

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 126-130

  Trigano, Alexandre ^a   Blandeau, Olivier ^a   Dale, Christian ^b   Wong, Man Faï ^b   Wiart, Joe ^b  

^a ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE MARSEILLE   (France)

^b France Telecom ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Cellular phone interference; Electrocardiographic artifacts; Electromagnetic interference; Implantable loop recorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPLANT; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

CELLULAR PHONE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HUMANS;

EID: 33846889521     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.04.044     Document Type: Article

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