Safety of implantable pacemakers and cardioverter defibrillators in the magnetic field of a novel remote magnetic navigation system

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1136-1141

  Jilek, Clemens ^a   Tzeis, Stylianos ^a   Reents, Tilko ^a   Estner, Heidi Luise ^a   Fichtner, Stephanie ^a   Ammar, Sonia ^a   Wu, Jinjin ^a   Hessling, Gabriele ^a   Deisenhofer, Isabel ^a   Kolb, Christof ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

defibrillator; electromagnetic interference; pacemaker; remote magnetic navigation system

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; IN VITRO STUDY; MAGNETIC NAVIGATION SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CATHETER ABLATION; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; MAGNETICS; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 78049500222     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2010.01806.x     Document Type: Article

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