Electromagnetic interference in a cardiac pacemaker during cauterization with the coagulating, not cutting mode

• Main Authors: Basem Abdelmalak (Author), Narasimhan Jagannathan (Author), Faisal D Arain (Author), Susan Cymbor (Author), Robert McLain (Author), John E Tetzlaff (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Electromagnetic interference in pacemakers has almost always been reported in association with the cutting mode of monopolar electrocautery and rarely in association with the coagulation mode. We report a case of electrocautery-induced electromagnetic interference with a DDDR pacemaker (dual-chamber...