Effects of external electrical and magnetic fields on pacemakers and defibrillators from engineering principles to clinical practice

Circulation

Volumn 128, Issue 25, 2013, Pages 2799-2809

  Beinart, Roy ^a,b   Nazarian, Saman ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic interference; Implantable cardioverterdefibrillator; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pacemaker artificial

Indexed keywords

NEODYMIUM;

BRADYCARDIA; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRIC INJURY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELECTROSURGERY; ENGINEERING; HEART ARREST; HEART PACING; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; IMPLANTATION; IONIZING RADIATION; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MAGNET; MAGNETIC FIELD; MICROWAVE OVEN; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MOBILE PHONE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PACEMAKER; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REVIEW; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELEVISION; WEAPON; WORKPLACE;

ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER-DEFIBRILLATOR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; BIOENGINEERING; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC PHENOMENA; ELECTRONICS; ELECTROSURGERY; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; RADIOTHERAPY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84890895170     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.113.005697     Document Type: Review

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