Intermittent, erratic behaviour of an implantable cardioverter defibrillator secondary to a hidden magnetic source of interference

Europace

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1508-1509

  Beinart, Roy ^a   Guy, Mary L ^a   Ellinor, Patrick T ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLOTHING; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAGNET; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN DEATH;

AGED; CLOTHING; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC PHENOMENA; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETS; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA;

EID: 80053413439     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eur152     Document Type: Article

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