Digital music players cause interference with interrogation telemetry for pacemakers and implantable cardioverter-defibrillators without affecting device function

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 545-550

  Webster, Gregory ^a   Jordao, Ligia ^a   Martuscello, Maria ^a   Mahajan, Tarun ^a   Alexander, Mark E ^a   Cecchin, Frank ^a   Triedman, John K ^a   Walsh, Edward P ^a   Berul, Charles I ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital heart disease; Electromagnetic interference; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Pacemaker; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ATRIOVENTRICULAR JUNCTION ARRHYTHMIA; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CHILD; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEVICE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEART RHYTHM; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; LONG QT SYNDROME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONITORING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS NODE DYSFUNCTION; TELEMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TELEMETRY;

EID: 40849146026     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2008.02.033     Document Type: Article

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