Interference with an Implantable Defibrillator by an Electronic Antitheft-Surveillance Device
Open Access
- 5 November 1998
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 339 (19) , 1371-1374
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199811053391905
Abstract
Implantable cardioverter–defibrillators have an important role in the treatment of patients with ventricular arrhythmias. Electromagnetic interference with permanent pacemakers and implantable defibrillators may have deleterious effects.1-11 Electronic antitheft-surveillance devices, which are widely used in stores, libraries, and other places to prevent theft, are a potential source of electromagnetic interference. Approximately 400,000 of these devices are in use worldwide.Keywords
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