Clinically significant magnetic interference of implanted cardiac devices by portable headphones

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1432-1436

  Lee, Sinjin ^a   Fu, Kevin ^b   Kohno, Tadayoshi ^c   Ransford, Benjamin ^b   Maisel, William H ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

Earphones; Electromagnetic field; Electromagnetic interference; Gaussmeter; Headphones; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; iPod; MP3 player; Neodymium; Pacemaker

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; DEFIBRILLATOR; DIZZINESS; DYSPNEA; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD INTERFERENCE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD STRENGTH; FEMALE; HEART PACING; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MP3 PLAYER; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; PORTABLE HEADPHONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN SURFACE; SYMPTOM; SYNCOPE; TACHYCARDIA; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; MAGNETISM;

AGED; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MALE; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 77949505341     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2009.07.003     Document Type: Article

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