Low frequency magnetic emissions and resulting induced voltages in a pacemaker by iPod portable music players

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Recently, malfunctioning of a cardiac pacemaker electromagnetic, caused by electromagnetic interference (EMI) by fields emitted by personal portable music players was highly publicized around the world. A clinical study of one patien...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bassen Howard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-02-01
Series:BioMedical Engineering OnLine
Online Access:http://www.biomedical-engineering-online.com/content/7/1/7