Exposure to electromagnetic fields poses potential risks of interference in patients with cardiac implants, requiring specific management strategies outlined in this review.
How should physicians manage patients with cardiac implantable electronic devices exposed to electromagnetic interference in daily life and occupational environments?
This review provides an overview and clinical recommendations for managing patients with cardiac implantable electronic devices exposed to electromagnetic interference in daily and occupational environments.
Utilization of cardiac implants such as pacemakers and implantable cardioverter defibrillators is now commonplace among heart disease patients. The ever-increasing technological complexity of these devices is matched by the near omnipresent exposure to electric, magnetic, and electromagnetic fields (EMFs), both in everyday life and the occupational environment. Given that electromagnetic interferences (EMIs) are associated with potential risk in device patients, physicians are increasingly confronted with managing device patients with intermittent EMI and chronic occupational exposure. The current review aims to provide a contemporary overview of cardiovascular implantable electronic devices, their function and susceptibility of non-medical EMFs and provide recommendations for physicians caring for cardiac device patients presenting with EMI.
Napp et al. (Wed,) conducted a review in Patients with cardiac implants. Electromagnetic fields (EMFs) was evaluated. Exposure to electromagnetic fields poses potential risks of interference in patients with cardiac implants, requiring specific management strategies outlined in this review.
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