PACEMAKER INHIBITION AND ASYSTOLE IN A PACEMAKER DEPENDENT PATIENT

Authors
YESIL M BAYATA S POSTACI N AYDIN C
Citation
M. Yesil et al., PACEMAKER INHIBITION AND ASYSTOLE IN A PACEMAKER DEPENDENT PATIENT, PACE, 18(10), 1995, pp. 1963-1963
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System","Engineering, Biomedical
Journal title
PACE-PACING AND CLINICAL ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY → ACNP
ISSN journal
01478389
Volume
18
Issue
10
Year of publication
1995
Pages
1963 - 1963
Database
ISI
SICI code
0147-8389(1995)18:10<1963:PIAAIA>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
A 17-year-old female with Kearns Sayre syndrome, complete heart block, and an implanted single chamber (VVIR) pacemaker, underwent testing w ith a GSM cellular phone that was placed directly over the pacemaker s ite. The pacemaker was immediately inhibited when the phone began to o perate. A 6.5-second period of complete heart block with asystole occu rred until the phone was switched off.