Pacemaker interference with an iPod

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 781-784

  Patel, Mehul B ^a   Thaker, Jay P ^a   Punnam, Sujeeth ^a   Jongnarangsin, Krit ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASYSTOLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CASE REPORT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FALLING; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; P WAVE; PACEMAKER; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNCOPE; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

AGED; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MICROCOMPUTERS; MOTION PICTURES; MUSIC; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; SYNCOPE;

EID: 34249789872     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2007.02.018     Document Type: Article

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