title: Implantable cardioverter defibrillator: possible hazards of electromagnetic interference.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: University of Heidelberg, Department of Cardiology, Germany.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schmitt
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Brachmann
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Waldecker
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Navarrete
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Beyer
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pfeifer
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kübler
mesh_terms: 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