July 1, 1999Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators and Cellular Telephones: Is There Any Interference?

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Why the study?

Do cellular telephones cause electromagnetic interference with implantable cardioverter defibrillators?

Population

30 patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators from various manufacturers.

Design

Cross-sectional

Authors

EOEraldo OcchettaAzienda Ospedaliera Sant'Andrea LPLaura PlebaniASST Fatebenefratelli Sacco MBMiriam BortnikUniversità degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale “Amedeo Avogadro”

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Implication

No false detections seen despite telemetry noise; supports avoiding phones near programming head but leaves open risks with modern devices.

Structured PICO

Do cellular telephones cause electromagnetic interference with implantable cardioverter defibrillators?

Population

30 patients (26 men, 4 women) with implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) from various manufacturers (Telectronics, CPI, Medtronic, Ventritex, Ela Medical).

Intervention

Exposure to two European cellular telephone systems (TACS and GSM, 2W power) during call, reception, active conversation, and passive conversation, placed near the programming head, leads, and in the patient's hands.

Outcome

Electromagnetic interference, including telemetric noise, false arrhythmia detections, and delayed recognition of ventricular fibrillation.safety

Cellular telephones do not cause false arrhythmia detections or under-sensing in ICDs, but they can disrupt telemetry and should be avoided during device interrogation and programming.

Cite This Study

Occhetta et al. (1999) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7cecc334a21437d73b3bbf https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-8159.1999.tb00561.x

Topics

Cardiac device therapy

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Implication

No false detections seen despite telemetry noise; supports avoiding phones near programming head but leaves open risks with modern devices.

Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators and Cellular Telephones: Is There Any Interference?

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Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators and Cellular Telephones: Is There Any Interference?

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