Key result
Exposure to electric 50 Hz fields produced an interference voltage of 180 microVpp (real-case) and 400 microVpp (worst-case) per 1 kV m(-1), making pacemaker disturbance unlikely under practice-relevant conditions.
Why the study?
Does exposure to electric 50 Hz fields cause significant interference in implanted cardiac pacemakers?
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Pacemaker patients may face low interference risk from 50 Hz fields; leaves open validation in larger clinical cohorts.
Observational
Does exposure to electric 50 Hz fields cause significant interference in implanted cardiac pacemakers?
Electric 50 Hz fields beneath high voltage overhead lines are unlikely to disturb implanted cardiac pacemakers under practice-relevant conditions.
Jan Scholten (2001) conducted an observational in Implanted cardiac pacemakers. Electric 50 Hz fields was evaluated on Interference voltage at the input of a unipolar ventricularly controlled, left pectorally implanted cardiac pacemaker. Exposure to electric 50 Hz fields produced an interference voltage of 180 microVpp (real-case) and 400 microVpp (worst-case) per 1 kV m(-1), making pacemaker disturbance unlikely under practice-relevant conditions.
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