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Interference by Cellular Telephone with an Implantable Loop Recorder

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We report the observation of interference between an implanted loop recorder and a cellular telephone when the latter was placed over the subcutaneous pocket. The artifact produced during the ringing of the telephone was automatically recorded and stored in the device memory. A similar interference was documented during ex vivo testing.

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  1. Department of Cardiology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Nord, 13915, cedex 20, Marseille, France

    Alexandre Trigano MD, Olivier Blandeau & Samuel Levy

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  1. Alexandre Trigano MD
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Trigano, A., Blandeau, O. & Levy, S. Interference by Cellular Telephone with an Implantable Loop Recorder. J Interv Card Electrophysiol 12, 237–240 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10840-005-0303-4

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