Potential for personal digital assistant interference with implantable cardiac devices

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 79, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1527-1530

  Tri, Jeffrey L ^a   Trusty, Jane M ^b   Hayes, David L ^b  

^a Div Found Telecom Netwk Serv   (United States)

^b Mayo Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTENNA; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; ENERGY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; HEALTH CENTER; INSTRUMENTATION; LOCAL AREA NETWORK; POWER SUPPLY; RADIATION; SINUS NODE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 9644307873     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/79.12.1527     Document Type: Article

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