Why the study?
Does a GSM cellular phone placed over a pacemaker site cause pacemaker inhibition in a pacemaker-dependent patient?
Population
17-year-old female with Kearns Sayre syndrome, complete heart block, and an implanted single chamber pacemaker
Design
Case_report
Authors
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Alerts clinicians to avoid phone contact over pacemakers in dependent patients; leaves open incidence and modern-device risk assessment.
Does a GSM cellular phone placed over a pacemaker site cause pacemaker inhibition in a pacemaker-dependent patient?
GSM cellular phones placed directly over a pacemaker can cause clinically significant electromagnetic interference leading to pacemaker inhibition and asystole.
Yeşil et al. (1995) studied this question.
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