31

October
2007

Heart Pacemakers and iPods

category: Dafé’s Café - Daily Dose of Medical News,MyDocHub
by Dafé,

iPods can cause pacemaker interference:

iPod

iPods are pretty much everywhere, especially with the younger generation. A study in Michigan found that when an iPod was held 2 inches from a patient’s chest for five to 10 seconds it interfered with pacemakers in half the 100 patients, whose average age was 77.

The researchers at the Children’s Hospital in Boston said: “Our hypothesis is that the close approximation of portable MP3 players interfere with the appropriate sensing and recording of pacemakers.”

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  1. g k sharma | 03 September 2010, 23:10

    my son 13 yr. old , he have no right valve of heart , artries are disturb , doctor suggest pacemaker ? kindly suggest me what i do ?