Cardiac Pacemakers in Electric and Magnetic Fields of 400‐kV Power Lines

Background:  The cardiac pacemaker (PM) implantation rate per million is high. Earlier studies have found interference to PMs by electromagnetic fields. The aim of the study is to investigate disturbances in cardiac PM using a human‐shaped phantom in electric and magnetic fields of 400‐kV power lines.

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