ReviewCurrent cardiology reports2022
Interference by Modern Smartphones and Accessories with Cardiac Pacemakers and Defibrillators.
Review in Current cardiology reports, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- New-generation electronic appliances and cardiac implantable electronic devices: a systematic literature review of mechanisms and in vivo studies.Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing · 2024Pooled it
- Barriers to health literacy of patients with cardiac implantable electronic devices: A qualitative approach.Health information and libraries journal · 2025Article
- Preventing smartphone induction of magnet mode in cardiac implantable electronic devices.Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology · 2025Article
- The Use of Electrocardiogram Smartwatches in Patients with Cardiac Implantable Electrical Devices.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- High-Fidelity 3D Stray Magnetic Field Mapping of Smartphones to Address Safety Considerations with Active Implantable Electronic Medical Devices.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Computational Analysis of a Multi-Layered Skin and Cardiac Pacemaker Model Based on Neural Network Approach.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
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Abstract
purpose of reviewThe risk of cardiac implantable electronic device (CIED) interference from cell phones was previously thought to be low based on older studies. Current generation of smartphones have incorporated more magnets for optimization of wireless charging, attachment of accessories, and convenience functionalities. These magnets have the potential to cause CIEDs to inadvertently revert into magnet mode. The purpose of this review is to summarize recent findings on smartphones and their accessories causing interference on CIEDs. RECENT
findingsRecent reports have demonstrated that the iPhone 12 series and accessories have the capability to cause CIED magnetic interference. Current generation of smartphones, smartwatches, wireless headphones, and accessories have the potential to cause CIEDs to revert into magnet mode in both in vivo and ex vivo experiments. The risk of a clinically significant event is unlikely as long as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recommendations are followed; keeping smartphones and accessories at least six inches away from CIEDs.
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