Why the study?
Do electric and magnetic fields of 400-kV power lines cause disturbances in cardiac pacemakers?
Population
Human-shaped phantom implanted with several types of cardiac pacemakers
Design
Preclinical
Authors
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Animal data suggest low risk near 400-kV lines; leaves open human confirmation and unipolar programming guidance.
Do electric and magnetic fields of 400-kV power lines cause disturbances in cardiac pacemakers?
Exposure to 400-kV power lines poses a low risk of major disturbance to cardiac pacemakers, primarily affecting devices programmed in a unipolar electrode configuration.
Korpinen et al. (2012) studied this question.
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