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MP3 systems can deactivate pacemakers
James Randerson
Magnetic interference from iPod headphones could pose a risk to patients with surgically implanted heart monitoring devices, according to a study involving 60 pacemaker and defibrillator patients.
Interference from MP3 player headphones could prove fatal by deactivating a device, and the research team said patients should keep headphones more than 3 cm away .
“For family members or friends of patients with implantable defibrillators, they should avoid wearing headphones and resting their head right on top of someone’s device,” said William Maisel, director of the medical device safety institute at Beth Israel Medical Centre in Boston, Massachusetts. Patients themselves should avoid keeping headphones in a chest pocket, he added. — © Guardian Newspapers Limited, 2008
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