A prospective pediatric clinical trial of digital music players: Do they interfere with pacemakers?

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 44-49

  Chiu, Christine C ^b   Huh, June ^a   De Souza, Laura ^a   Alfaro Ramirez, Armando ^a   Clegg, Robin ^a   Fenwick, Laura ^a   Hamilton, Robert M ^a   Kirsh, Joel A ^a   Gross, Gil J ^a   Gao, Dongsheng ^a   Stephenson, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Children; Electromagnetic interference; IPod ; MP3; Pacemakers; Telemetry

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PACEMAKER; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TELEMETRY;

CHILD; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MP3-PLAYER; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 58149131688     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2008.01270.x     Document Type: Article

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