Low risk of electromagnetic interference between smartphones and contemporary implantable cardioverter defibrillators

Article Article scientifique Article Low risk of electromagnetic interference between smartphones and contemporary implantable cardioverter defibrillators eng 2016 author Burri Haran Kumar 29514 author Mondouagne Engkolo Louis Paulin 788281 author Dayal Nicolas Benjamin 514696 author Etemadi Abdul Quddus 507332 author Makhlouf Anne-Marie 777122 author Stettler Carine author Trentaz Florence 726-731 10.1093/europace/euv374 26857191 1099-5129 Manufacturers of implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) recommend that cell phones be maintained at a distance of ∼15 cm from the implanted device in order to avoid risk of dysfunction due to electromagnetic interference (EMI). Data relating to this issue are outdated and do not reflect modern technology. Our aim was to evaluate whether EMI is still an issue with contemporary ICDs and smartphones. Aged Aged 80 and over Defibrillators Implantable Electromagnetic Fields/adverse effects Equipment Design Equipment Failure/statistics & numerical data Female Humans Male Middle Aged Risk Assessment Smartphone Switzerland Dewey 616 56 Département de médecine 221 false 325 Athérosclérose 591 Europace 18 5 9731633f-8397-438b-9333-56c53a9707bd Article (Published version) Public lowriskofelectromagneticinterferencebetweensmartphoneandcontemporaryimplantablecardioverterdefibrillators.pdf 874032 application/pdf openAccess Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de médecine

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