Interference by cellular telephone with an implantable loop recorder.
We report the observation of interference between an implanted loop recorder and a cellular telephone when the latter was placed over the subcutaneous pocket. The artifact produced during the ringing of the telephone was automatically recorded and stored in the device memory. A similar interference was documented during ex vivo testing.
Trigano
Alexandre
A
Department of Cardiology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Nord, Marseille, France. alexandre.trigano@mail.ap-hm.fr
Blandeau
Olivier
O
Levy
Samuel
S
D000328:Adult; D016477:Artifacts; D040421:Cell Phone; D015716:Electrocardiography, Ambulatory / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004868:Equipment Failure; D006801:Humans; D013575:Syncope / Q000175:diagnosis*