title: Electrocardiographic artifact due to a mobile phone mimicking ventricular tachycardia.
abstract: A case of electrocardiographic artifact due to mobile a phone mimicking ventricular tachycardia was presented. The artifact was discriminated by close scrutiny of ECG and was attributed to a mobile phone because it was simultaneous with mobile phone game.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, The First People's Hospital of Hangzhou, Hangzhou, China; Second Department of Internal Medicine, People's Hospital of Aksu County, Aksu, China. Electronic address: duanxu410@yahoo.com.cn.
authors.forename: Xu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Duan
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D016477:Artifacts; D040421:Cell Phone; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003951:Diagnostic Errors / Q000517:prevention & control*; D015716:Electrocardiography, Ambulatory / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D004867:Equipment Design; D004868:Equipment Failure; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008872:Microwaves; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000175:diagnosis*; D018910:Video Games
keywords: Electrocardiographic artifact; Mobile phone; Ventricular tachycardia