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Electromagnetic interference from a faulty fluoroscopy unit caused inhibition and resetting of a temporary external pacemaker in a 70-year-old man during permanent pacemaker implantation.
Case Report (n=1)
Highlights the risk of electromagnetic interference from faulty medical equipment causing potentially dangerous pacemaker malfunction, emphasizing the need for continuous monitoring and equipment maintenance.
Alerts to EMI risk from faulty fluoroscopy during pacemaker implantation; case report extends sparse evidence on equipment-device interactions.
Electromagnetic interference presented as inhibition and resetting of the demand circuitry of a ventricular-inhibited temporary external pacemaker in a 70-year-old man undergoing surgical implantation of a permanent bipolar pacemaker generator and lead. The arrhythmia was found to be due to oversensing of waveforms modulated to simulate myocardial potentials emitted by a faulty fluoroscopy unit used in the vicinity of external temporary transvenous pacing equipment. The documentation of this disruption of pacemaker rhythm reinforces the need for continuous monitoring of patients treated with external demand pacemakers and for the careful maintenance of all electrical equipment.
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Leeds et al. (1977) conducted a case report in Electromagnetic interference in external demand pacemaker (n=1). Faulty fluoroscopy unit (electromagnetic interference) was evaluated on Inhibition and resetting of the demand circuitry of a ventricular-inhibited temporary external pacemaker. Electromagnetic interference from a faulty fluoroscopy unit caused inhibition and resetting of a temporary external pacemaker in a 70-year-old man during permanent pacemaker implantation.
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