Implantable cardioverter defibrillator: possible hazards of electromagnetic interference.
We report on three patients with an automatic, implantable cardioverter defibrillator (AICD, CPI) in whom the device had been deactivated due to electromagnetic interference. In all cases, the source of the electromagnetic disturbances could be identified.
Schmitt
C
C
University of Heidelberg, Department of Cardiology, Germany.
Brachmann
J
J
Waldecker
B
B
Navarrete
L
L
Beyer
T
T
Pfeifer
A
A
Kübler
W
W
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000628:therapy; D004554:Electric Countershock / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004574:Electromagnetic Fields; D004868:Equipment Failure; D006801:Humans; D008280:Magnetics; D008297:Male; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D014693:Ventricular Fibrillation / Q000628:therapy