Magnetic Field Measurements of Portable Electronic Devices: The Risk Inside Pockets for Patients With Cardiovascular Implantable Devices

Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2022 Mar;15(3):e010646. doi: 10.1161/CIRCEP.121.010646. Epub 2022 Mar 1.

Authors

Corentin Féry¹, Adrien Desombre¹, Thomas Quirin^{1

2}, Patrick Badertscher³, Christian Sticherling³, Sven Knecht^#³, Joris Pascal^#¹

Affiliations

¹ Institute for Medical Engineering and Medical Informatics, School of Life Sciences, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, Muttenz, Switzerland (C.F., A.D., T.Q., J.P.).
² Icube Laboratory, University of Strasbourg - CNRS, France (T.Q.).
³ Cardiovascular Research Institute Basel, University Hospital Basel, University of Basel, Switzerland (P.B., C.S., S.K.).

^# Contributed equally.

PMID: 35227069
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.121.010646

No abstract available

Keywords: defibrillators; electronic devices; magnetic fields; magnets; tachycardia.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Defibrillators, Implantable*
Electronics
Humans
Magnetic Fields
Pacemaker, Artificial*