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Implantable cardioverter defibrillator: possible hazards of electromagnetic interference
C Schmitt1, J Brachmann, B Waldecker
1University of Heidelberg, Department of Cardiology, Germany.
Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology : PACE
|June 1, 1991
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.